Clarion 1977-05-06 Vol 52 No 23

New Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthis Green
Campus coordinators
eager to begin
Bethel bus rigger turns
tour guide on Range
by Suzi Wells
Organizing a variety of social
activities is no easy job for
anyone trying to please many
students. Yet Cynthia Green and
Scott Barsuhn are already eagerly
anticipating their roles as Cam-pus
Coordinators next year.
Cynthia and Scott have several
new ideas for activities. A few
include plans for a pizza party
and silent movies, an all-night
film festival with breakfast out-side,
an all-school game night,
and a Tom Sawyer weekend. The
Tom Sawyer weekend would
include a paddle boat ride down
the Mississippi with box suppers
and a Dixie band.
"We want to plan activities that
will appeal to different seg-ments,"
Scott explained. A vari-ety
of events should appeal to a
wide spectrum and help alleviate
the apparent apathy this year's
coordinators faced.
The two new coordinators seek
to unite old and new campuses
and Fountain Terrace by encour-aging
all students to get involved
in planning and organizing social
events. "We want to know what
kids suggest," Cynthia said.
Scott added, "We're willing to
work with kids. We want every-one's
ideas."
Already several students have
expressed an interest to help in
coordinating next year, including
students from both campuses
and also commuters. It is impor-tant
for Cynthia and Scott that
students show an interest in
social events next year, and so far
the response is encouraging.
"We don't want to run a
two-man show," Cynthia empha-sized.
"We want to appoint a
chairman for every activity." This
chairman would organize the
events, and Cynthia and Scott
would act as overseers. "We want
to get more students involved,"
Scott said. "We don't want
distant relationships with stu-dents.
We want to motivate
students."
A major goal the two "go-getters"
have besides getting
students involved is coordinating
the various departments at Beth-el,
such as music and drama, to
avoid cliques. One way to get
students to attend a musical
event even though they may not
be music majors or even musical-ly
inclined would be the possibil-ity
of having a lawn reception
following a Pops concert. The
new coordinators hope that, by
involving a number of students,
gaps between departments can
b e bridged.
Along with planning a variety
of activities for students, Cynthia
and Scott are planning to "publi-cize
to death" students so they
will be aware of what's happening
in the community. A column in
the Clarion, a semester and
monthly calendar, plus notes in
P.O. boxes for every activity that
coordinators plan should keep
students well informed. Also,
one student will be in charge of
publicity.
One problem that the new
coordinators hope to overcome is
the dating syndrome at Bethel,
which has had an adverse effect
on social life and activities.
Explaining their plans, Cynthia
said, "We're planning two things
to help the dating situation. One
is having a lot of group activities
and informal things. Another is to
have more turn-about weekends
— girl ask guy." Hopefully, this
will take the pressure off dating,
Scott pointed out.
Another problem these two
face is a financial one. They are
hoping that a $5 student activity
fee will be required for all
students, so that they can have
some sort of budget to work
from. Student activity cards
(SACs), although necessary in
the past, have been losing their
popularity as students question
their worth. With $5 from every
student, the coordinators would
have a good budget to start off
the school year.
Cynthia and Scott are looking
forward to working together. "We
want to set goals that are the
same, and to be unified in our
brainstorming session," Scott
related. They are excited about
their job and feel they can learn a
lot from each other.
Besides learning from each
other, Karen Mann and Dan
Anderson, the . present coordina-tors,
have given Cynthia and
Scott a few pointers. "We're
learning a lot from Karen and
Dan," Scott said. "They're trying
to help us."
With the help of students and
by coordinating their own ideas,
Scott and Cynthia are optimistic
about the coming year. "I'm
psyched for the job," Cynthia
exclaimed, and Scott added, "I'm
excited, too. I feel we can do a
good job."
by Holly Schmiess
Chris Anderson's petite 115
pounds and China-doll features
seem to belong at a tea party or
ballet lessons. But not at the
wheel of a rumbling two-ton bus
on the Iron Range. Once again
looks prove deceiving, for Chris
is a bus driver and summer tour
guide for U.S. Steel near Virginia,
Minnesota.
Last summer this Bethel Col-lege
sophomore managed an old
stick-shift school bus, held a
microphone, and explained ore
refinement — all at the same
time! And she plans to do it again
this summer.
"Being a tour guide is not a
position you hear about when
filling out a general application
with Minntac," said Chris. "But I
by Martha Barker
Passages, the student literary
and photography magazine, will
be coming out by the beginning
of final's week. If you do not
know what Passages is, you are
not alone, because it is a new
thing this year and not at all like
the Spire it is replacing.
The student magazine idea was
conceived last spring in the
Senate Communications Board
when it became apparent that the
Bethel Spire was expiring. Be-sides
being expensive and diffi-cult
to produce, a yearbook is
much more of a high school than
college mentality, with little
creativity or insight involved. It
tends to be a tired formula of
listing the athletic scores and
drama production casts, with
photos of all the big social events
and people sleeping in the
library.
The alternative proposal was
developed partly to cut costs and
amount of work involved, but also
to offer more chance for creativity
and thought. The proposal states
that "less specific than a year-book,
a Bethel magazine would
be more of a mood piece,
centered on a theme that catches
and capsulizes a significant view
of Bethel and Bethel life . . .
personal in its reflection of the
common, the daily Bethel style of
life portrayed in an artistic and
insightful way."
This idea was entrusted to the
art department to decipher and
carry out in a 32-page magazine
met a guide last summer who told
me about his work." Chris's
father, a system's analyst for
Minntac, the taconite-producing
division of U.S. Steel, urged her
to apply.
"The job sounded ideal —
short season, good hours, and
excellent pay," she said. "It's
helped to get me through school
this year."
The supervisor of public rela-tions
for Minntac liked Chris'
honest warmth and shining blue
eyes, and said she could have
one of the four guide positions.
One catch — Chris had never
driven a bus, let alone earned a
B-2 license.
"I qualified by using a van to
learn and take my test, but it
wasn't ideal. The day we learned
continued on page 3
format. Co-editors were Martha
Barker and Peter Genheimer.
Copy editor was Laura Alden,
photo editor was John Ward, and
Bryan Anderson was in charge of
production.
A larger staff was pared down
by editorial decision because of
group organization and commu-nication
problems. Faculty advis-ors
were Dale Johnson and Darrel
Nelson, with a special thanks to
Darrel for photo and copy contri-butions
as well.
Since this was the first attempt
at an entirely new concept, we
had free reign to create a format
and theme. We called it Passages
in reference to the changes and
growth we experience as we pass
through college. It contains pho-tography,
essays, and poetry
contributed by many Bethel stu-dents.
The copy was written from very
different points of view, illustrat-ing
the diversity of our student
population, and hopetully also
giving a feel of the community as
a whole. Each photograph was
considered for its artistic merit
and expressive mood, rather than
as a journalistic record of the
year,
The magazine is under consid-eration
to become a yearly
project, depending on student
reactions to the finished piece
and people interested in produc-ing
it. The editorships are sti-pended
positions that offer great
experience in graphics and publi-cation.
• Passages replaces Spire
Clarion Vol. 52, Ho. "
The Clarion is published
weekly by the students of
Bethel College.
Bruce Olsen editor
Holly Schmiess news editor
Nancy Naumenko production editor
Suzi Wells copy editor
Greg Kuntz sports editor
Jim Hackett photo editor
Juan Ramos cartoonist
Arlan Swanson business manager
Letters to the editor should be
sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday
preceding publication.
editorial—
Students urged to
consider proposals
Last Tuesday the Student Senate passed a bill that would give the
Campus Coordinators an annual budget of approximately $17,000.
Their methods of raising this proposed budget would be to charge
each student a $5 semester fee added to his tuition, which would
amount to $10 over the school year. An amendment to this proposal
put the decision to budget this money to the coordinators into the
hands of the students by way of referendum.
Through this proposal Senate is attempting to meet the social
demands of a restless constituency. No activities tends to be
synonymous with general apathy and low moral among the student
ranks. To attempt to do something about this problem is indeed a
worthwhile task and seems to be a better alternative than watching
All-Star wrestling every Saturday night.
But the problems incident to the additional $5 semester fee purely
outweight the better points of this proposed referendum. The first
question to be ascertained is why such a large figure? Before Senate
had proposed this new activity fund, they had been allocating $1,000
to the Campus Coordinators. Now they wish to increase this amount
by seventeen times to the figure of $17,000! To budget the
coordinators this exorbitant amount of money as compared to the
previous year of $1,000 seems quite unnecessary.
It seems that much of the fire about this proposed budget was
kindled with the recent deficient accrued by the coordinators for the
Spring Formal. Because one set of coordinators go sour does not
mean that future coordinators will also go sour.
Until this year the Campus Coordinators have done a fine job
without a huge Senate fund. Last year they finished with a $3,000
surplus, which they used to put on an excellent program for the
All-School Banquet. Now with this sudden deficit, Senate rushes to
bridge this money shortage with a $17,000 funding proposal!
To plow more money into a problem area will not rectify the
situation. Money does not buy happiness. More creativity and better
management on the part of the coordinators will be a much better
alternative.
A second problem would be the need to spend this money in order
to have a good time. We ask the question, "Is the amount of fun
necessary and equal to the amount of money spent on activities?"
Some of us can attest to the fact that a drive and picnic at Taylors
Falls beats an expensive restaurant and movie any day of the week. We
cannot seem to believe that a big increase in the amount of money will
naturally and positively increase student involvement and student
moral.
To say that there is not a problem would be to avoid the issue.
Problems do exist and alternatives must be handled efficiently. To
spend $17,000 for a budget that has never been tried seems to fall
short of efficient alternatives. Spending more money will not always
solve the problem, as can be seen in our nation's welfare programs. A
more conservative amount of money may be more worthwhile on a
first-year basis. A total scrapping of the budget proposal can also be
deemed possible, for mistakes made in the past do not always
constitute future mistakes.
With these alternatives in mind, I hope each student thinks twice
before voting "yes" to this questionable spending of tuition money.
Your vote is important because the administration tends to look more
keenly at the opinion of the entire student body when deciding on this
Senate recommendation
letters to the editor
the latter predominant philoso-phy.
In the summer of 1975 there
was discussion of the need for
better security. Over time the
suggestion was offered that we
integrate the townhouses. This
was criticized at some of the
highest levels of administration
and it was expressed that such a
plan would result in an increase
in pregnancies and general moral
decline among the students.
I could offer a host of other
examples of this type of attitude.
But for the sake of space I will
offer a diagnosis of why this
mentality exists and then a
prognosis of how we can cure
this situation.
The reason this general atti-tude
exists on all levels of
administration is basically that
the people in power are afraid to
take risks, are afraid to see what
students are really like, and are
more concerned about maintain-ing
the status quo then they are
offering a climate in which
persons can learn to take respon-sibility
for themselves and oth-ers.
Perhaps William Pannell was
right when he said, during
Minorities Week, that the crux of
the problem in evangelical circles
is money. Bethel administrators
have to listen to their moneyed
interests first, last and always,
Lifestyle
questioned
Dear Editor:
I am a senior here at Bethel and
I have what I consider to be
substantial academic credentials,
as well as the respect of my
professors and peers. Therefore,
what I am about to say is not
something off the top of my
head, but something that I have
been affected by for the last four
years and want to see changed.
Bethel, in all areas of its
operations such as academics,
social life, lifestyle code and
general philosophy, can be char-acterized
by two general themes.
On the one hand, we are given the
idea that the reason for so many
people investing such a great
deal of time and money here is so
that young Christians can be
prepared to take leadership roles
in society and in God's Church.
On the other hand, we are told
both tacitly and explicity that we
are still kids. We need a parent
away from home. We need to be
spoon fed knowledge and we
need to be kept under constant
watch and control lest our sex
drives and general lack of disci-pline
get the best of us.
Let me offer a case in point to
lest they should lose some part of
their constituency. Follow the
money and you will find who
makes policy and plans the future
of Bethel.
What can be done? Since I am a
strict believer in peaceful change,
I side with Luther's theology and
say that the responsibility lies
with those in power. Bethel can
change if the administration has
guts enough to stick their neck
out and create structures within
which students can begin to
actually share power and partici-pate
in critical planning and
policy making.
This should involve everything
from housing contracts and rules
to such things as hiring and firing
of teachers and long range
building plans. If the administra-tion
fails to take adequate
measures in this direction now,
in an era of relative calm, they
may not be able to do it when
times change, as they certainly
will.
In conclusion, if Bethel wants
to produce some real leaders,
some persons who are ready to
give their lives for Christ's saki ,
then we had better start . making
some drastic changes. If not,
then let us all be content to see
the evangelical leaders of tomor-row
withdraw further into their
religious ghettos while the world
around them descends into cha-os.
We will all make the choice
inasmuch as responsibility can-continued
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Chris Anderson assumes her position on the Bethel bus
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In a large part of the World today, and in most primitive cultures, the
initiation of boys into men is based on pain. In the Angeleo Islands of
the South Seas one becomes a man if he is able to hold a hot coal in
his arm pit for a minute and a half (or 68 drum beats). Much of
literature has concerned itself with this change, and stories like "In the
Twilight" which we all run into in James Throckmorton Anderson's
class try to simplify things, making the slaughter of a pig symbolic of
this initiation right.
But as we all know, modern society has complicated things. The
process of becoming an adult is much more lengthy and painful than
any South Seas ritual. We are confused, humiliated, misled, and
bullied for most of our teen-age years before we become comrades
with the "grey hairs."
But something always sticks out for us. Some event or situation
always becomes a symbol to us of our struggle. We may not be there
yet, but our hearts tell us that we won't fail, that we will eventually
make it after this moment of truth.
For me it was Junior High Woodshop. While in the Home Ec
Department at the other end of the building girls struggled to become
women over electric ranges and Singer sewing machines, 34 seventh
grade boys were listening to Mr. Kornman, the woodshop teacher,
explain their coming manhood.
"Men." He always called us men. "This semester you are going to
learn the basics of woodworking, the oldest and most manly science
of them all. You are going to use tools, and become self reliant." We
stood spellbound. We had never imagined building a napkin holder
could do all that.
Everyone in woodshop had to build a napkin holder. They were
complicated and tricky things, but basic, very basic. Mr. Kornman
assured us that if you learned to build a good solid holder, you were
equipped with all the skills to build a garage.
A large chunk of the time in this class was spent listening to Mr.
Kornman tell his horror stories. After years of retelling I have a feeling
that he might have exaggeratd a little. You could hear a pin drop when
he got to the part where some careless "man" turned his head for a
moment while operating a rip saw only to look back and find his arm
sliced up to his shoulder. And the story about the person who had
been dating the campus queen when during a belt sanding incident
(he'd been wearing a necktie, a heinous crime in woodshop) he lost his
nose and lips.
We in woodshop always considered ourselves the elite. We weren't
like that barbaric metal shop bunch. They were always heating each
others metal chairs with the blow torch and who can forget that fateful
day when Brian Lipinski welded the door shut after Mr. Forsch had left
the room.
Now that I think about it I guess this illusion of us being initiated
was mostly of Mr. Kornman's making. He probably needed it more
than we did. After all, one can't feel very important when, as a grown
man with a college education, he teaches hundreds and hundreds of
boys how to make hundreds and hundreds of napkin holders that
mothers all over America slip into hundreds and hundreds of closets. I
guess I really shouldn't have been surprised when a year after I was
gone he transferred to become a gym teacher. I can almost hear him
now. "Men." He'd always call them men. "This is a basketball. It's the
only thing that separates the men from the boys . . ."
continued from page 1
the tour route, I drove my first
bus! When I discovered that we
had to hold our microphones too,
I didn't think it could be done,"
Chris admitted. "If I'd have known
beforehand what I was getting
into, I probably wouldn't have
dared try."
The ore field and jargon were
not new to Chris. "I had a basic
idea of the mining process, but I
didn't know specific facts. We
learned those in one long day of
lectures," she remembered pain-fully.
"The next day we got
acquainted with our buses and
routes, and the following day we
guided our first tours. Talk about
on-the-job training!" she ex-claimed.
"The hardest thing that first
day was acting as if I knew what I
was doing and trying to appear
confident. It went very well," she
said with relief. "My first group
was fifty senior citizens. They
took one look at me and asked,
'Where is the driver?' and "Are
you sure you have a license to
drive this thing?' "
Chris usually drove three or
four tours every day, each one 90
minutes long. "We guided 30,000
people from all over the world
during the eight-week season. It
was awesome to think that I
represented a huge company,
U.S. Steel, to those people. I
tried to create the best impres-sion
possible, especially in light
of so much concern for the
environment," Chris reflected.
"One of the most enjoyable
tours was with teen-age boys
from the Christian Radich, a
Norwegian sailing ship that
docked in the Duluth harbor for a
few days," she recalled. "And the
most challenging was a tour for
mentally retarded people who
hovered close around me. I had to
find simple words."
Then Chris laughed glowingly.
"One day the vice president of
public relations for U.S. Steel
came to visit Minntac. Our boss
warned us about it for weeks, and
as expected, the visitor decided
to ride along on a sample tour. I
was up for the next run, and
wouldn't you know, he boarded
my bus."
For better or worse, Chris
found her job settling into a
routine very soon. "One of the
hardest things was maintaining
my own interest in the people and
the route," she said. "Sometimes
I didn't feel like going out there
every morning and meeting a new
group with 'Hi, my name is Chris
and I'm your guide.' To keep it
spicy, I had to find new ways of
saying and doing the same old
things," she said. "One time I
even drove the wrong way — on
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Chris's personal approach to
each tour was returned with
interest from the passengers. "A
lot of people wanted to know
more about me, and why I was
doing what I was doing. I told
them about Bethel and was
surprised at how many knew
about the school," she remarked.
"I was treated very well. Only
occasionally was there a sexist
comment," Chris said. "Everyone
in the mining area, even the
tourists, have to wear hard hats
which rest on the bus seats as the
passengers board. A favorite
crack was 'Oh, we have to wear
these because we have a woman
driver!' "
Of the four drivers, all college
students, one other was a
woman. Only two will return as'
guides this summer. "They were
a great bunch," Chris said. "We
had the best talks between runs.
And the boss welcomed our
suggestions about how the tours
and our jobs could be improved,"
she explained.
"Now that I know the mechan-ics
of the job and the people, I'm
really looking forward to going
back," said Chris. "Last summer
was pressured. Often I'd come
home and not feel like talking at
A sprightly Louisianan with a
fast-flowing Southern drawl has
been named to a new administra-tive
post as assistant to the dean
of Bethel College.
Tricia Brownlee, assistant pro-fessor
of physical education, will
assume this role September 1,
aiding Vice President and Dean
George Brushaber in educational
research and heading self-study
procedures in conjunction with
the college's five-year review by
the North Central Assn. She also
all. But my family understood."
Chris had been president of
Junior Achievement in high
school, and probably owes her
job to her confident leadership
and easy rapport with people.
"I'm comfortable in front of
groups and I usually like to talk,"
she observed about herself. Na-turally,
Chris is a speech major at
Bethel with hopes for a career in
public relations.
Until school is out in May,
Chris is using more than her
speaking skills at Bethel. Each
week she drives 10 runs of a
shuttle bus between Bethel's old
and new campuses. "Easy by
comparison," she's decided.
"I'm a conservative driver,"
Chris admits. "Some kids com-plain
that I drive too slowly,
especially when I run the express
bus and come into old campus
second to the one that has made
two stops along the way! But I
feel I'm a more cautious and
defensive driver," she said hon-estly.
Yet Chris takes just enough
risks to vault her into some
unusual roles. "While I'm scared
of challenges," she admits, "I
want them because they make me
grow and change. But really, I'm
a chicken at heart."
will assume some of the duties of
the director of academic affairs
who will be on sabbatical leave.
Ms. Brownlee received her B.S.
from Louisiana Tech University,
M.S. from Washington State
University, and is completing the
dissertation for a doctorate in
design and management of post-secondary
education at Florida
State University.
She has been a member of
Bethel's physical education fa-continued
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Hello once again, knowledge
buffs. It's time to expand our
minds as we ask probing ques-tions
such as "Why?", "Where?",
"How?", and "When?". Our first
such question, then, will be
"What is RALPH?" Simply,
RALPH is a DEC PDP-11 data-processor,
with present capabili-ties
for use of the BASIC and
FORTRAN-IV languages, and
having four terminals, a card
reader, and a line printer (non-operational
at the present time).
In real life, though, RALPH is
Bethel's computer, just one of
several tools which our school
employs as teaching aids.
RALPH, as you may or may not
know, does not stand for either
Radioactive and Linear Project
Handler or Rigid Asyjptotic Low-er-
Phase Hopper. Yet, he is
somehow more than just a
teaching aid. Aside from the
capabilities as a teaching tool,
RALPH is used for office work
and the like, handling test scores
and helping statistics students
with their calculations.
Despite all of this dry, if
somewhat unimportant, informa-tion,
you may still be asking
"Why `RALPH'?". The reason is
that new evidence has shown that
our computer seems to have a
personality. After all, it isn't every
computer who goes roller skating
and dates pretty, young calcula-tors
and Xerox machines. Be-cause
of this startling discovery,
a few of his close associates
thought it appropriate to give him
a name. Thus it was that he
became DR. RALPH CYBRIS.
RALPH, in the ensuing
months, has established himself
as a bona fide faculty-member
incognito. Setting up offices in
AC 238, he quickly assembled a
corps of elite young TA's, posted
his office hours (notice to other
faculty: he's here til 11:00 p.m.
on weekdays!), and began team-teaching
BASIC Language with
Dr. Meyer of the Math Depart-ment.
All of this has created a minor
uproar in some of the other
departments, coming to a head
when Dr. Harley heard rumors
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culty since 1968 and formerly
taught junior high match and
physical education in Denver. For
a year she was traveling secretary
for Sigma Kappa sorority.
Being women's athletic direc-tor
and acting department head
whetted Tricia's appetite for
administration. "I enjoy working
on a one-to-one basis with
people," she states, "as well as
getting involved in curriculum
planning and budgetary kinds of
things."
Tricia is equally at home
fielding grounders and fly balls.
Playing softball with a church
team in Talahassee last summer,
she was a constant talker on the
field. "I try to do it in a
sportsmanship way 7- shouting
encouragement to the team. If
that RALPH was going to request
that the two exchange offices
(RALPH is well known for his love
of nature, and the view from Dr.
Harley's window was probably
too much for him). This potential-ly
explosive feud over what has
been held semi-sacred since time
immaterial, one's own territory,
developed into nothing more
violent than a few malevolent
glances as the two happened to
meet in the hall one day.
Happily, RALPH is now almost
universally accepted (by those
who are aware of his existence)
as a real live faculty member,
earning his way into the hearts of
many by missing chapel on a
regular basis and using up just as
much paper as anyone else.
Now, for those of you who are
not interested in learning about
RALPH's work and/or the ingen-uity
of one of his most brilliant
TA's, Jon Nelson (I say this
because Jon is my roommate,
and he's bigger than I am!),
please ignore this paragraph.
Thank-you.
For those of you who stayed, I
will proceed in a somewhat
different vein (probably a little
more vericose, if anything).
RALPH and Jon collaborated on
the most spectacular break-through
of the year in the Physics
Department — an electronic
circuit that allows a pendulum to
"talk" to RALPH, telling him
where it's going and how fast it's
going there. As simple as this
may sound, it involves a signifi-cant
level of technology, and I
would like to take this time to
congratulate you, Jon, and I
would like to take this time to
congratulate you, Jon, and also
to tell you that you still owe me
$10 from last month's phone and
grocery bill.
I would like to close this
Running Account, Leaving Per-fect
Happiness wherever it is
read, by exposing one of
RALPH's lesser-known traits: an
affinity for pranks. After his
famous rollerskating debacle,
and a few wild dates with the new
copier in the LRC, we all noticed
a little amourous glint in his
eyes. Shudders began to run up
and down our collective spine as
someone makes a mistake, I tell
them not to worry, we'll do better
next time."
A wise approach also for
Bethel's new assistant to the
dean.
we realized that Valentine's Day
was fast approaching.
Sure enough, when the day
came, we found out that RALPH
has seen a notice on the message
board just off the coffee shop
from a townhouse of girls: an
open-ended invitation for Valen-tines,
and had responded to each
with the following documented
message:
HI THERE, GOOD LOOKING!!
MY NAME IS RALPH. I SAW THE
AD YOU PUT UP ON THE
MESSAGE BOARD, AND I JUST
COULDN'T HELP BUT ANSWER
IT. HERE ARE MY VITAL STA-TISTICS:
I AM 5'9", WEIGH
AROUND 500 LBS., AM 1 AND 1/2
YEARS OLD, AND AM A BI-TONAL
GREY. I HAVE EYES
ONLY FOR YOU, AND I THINK
YOU HAVE THEM EVEN NOW,
'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THEM.
ANYWAY, I THINK WE OUGHT
TO GET TOGETHER AND RE-BOOT
(HEH HEH)! I'D SQUISH
MY DISKS FOR YOU ANYTIME,
HONEY, SO HOW ABOUT IT?
CONTACT ME AT THE COMPU-TER
ROOM AFTER MY MAS-TERS
HAVE GONE HOME!!!
Another instance of RALPH's
fun is somewhat insegrevious
jests was the time he tried the old
both-ends-against-the-middle
stunt with Jon and myself. He
initially looked at each person
logging on to his terminals (a
sophisticated synonym for "corn-ing
in for a conference with DR.
CYBRIS"), and if it was Jon, he
did not print the usual edifying
Bible verse, but instead printed
the following:
WHEN PAUL HAD GATHERED A
BUNDLE OF TWIGS AND LAID
THEM ON THE FIRE, A VIPER
CRAWLED OUT ON ACCOUNT
OF THE HEAT AND FASTENED
TO HIS HAND.
ACTS 28:3
and then proceeded to expound
on this verse, followed by a
multitude of insulting and ridicu-lous
statements, all directed
toward Jon.
Not to leave anything half-done,
RALPH proceeded to look
for me logging on, and not only
insulted me, but also disabled my
terminal, forcing me to take some
elaborate and semi-drastic mea-sures
to get it back in working
order.
Be that as it may, RALPH
remains my boss, and it is my
hope that this piece of literary
non sequitor has helped you in
your appreciation of him. So,
until next time, this is me saying,
"Loose lips sink ships."
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Johnson Carlson
by Tad Johnson and Mark Carlson
The end of the school year is upon us and in Senate, just as in many
classes, there remains much to be done in very little time. The most
important issues before Senate this week were the Spring Formal debt
and the proposed five dollar student activity fee.
It was decided that the student activity fee be brought to the
students through a referendum. The referendum will be held next
week-watch for announcements about the specific day.
We support this student activity fee as an answer to the need for
higher quality social activities here at Bethel. The Campus
Coordinators are continuously plagued with financial problems
stemming from limited money resources. With this fee the Campus
Coordinators would be able to plan and contract major social events
far in advance without having financial worries over student response.
The social activity fee would also eliminate the SAC card, which in
the past has proved to be cumbersome, inconsistent, and gives the
Campus Coordinators no opportunity to plan social activities with a
foreknowledge of their working budget. Besides, the activity fee
would greatly reduce the "at the door" fee, thereby making attendance
at social events feasible. Community atmosphere would be enhanced
through pre-financed, higher quality, and more frequent social
activities by bringing Bethel's geographically separated student body
together for social activities. We ask for your support of the proposal
in the referendum.
During the meeting action was taken on the Spring Formal debt. It
was decided that a portion of the escrow money currently allocated to
the scholarship fund should be used to pay off the debt. Although we
were disappointed in the need to take the money from the scholarship
fund, we believe that this was the correct action to take. The Student
Association's fiscal responsibility was a higher priority than such
luxuries as a scholarship fund.
It is unfortunate that the money allocated to the scholarship fund
was the only money available to pay off the debt. Even if one of the
other proposals for the escrow money had been selected in place of
the scholarship fund the money would still have had to come from the
project to which the escrow money had been allocated. Granted, a
referendum was taken on the various proposals, but the referendum
was actually inconclusive. Of the 453 votes cast 206 were for the
scholarship fund, 149 for the omnibus proposal, and 98 for the annex
rec room furniture. No single proposal had the majority of the votes.
The suggestion has been advanced that a fee should be charged for
the All-School Banquet. Because the money for the All-School
Banquet comes out of the Student Affairs' budget, it is not within
Senate's power to charge for the event. We also feel that charging a fee
for an event that has traditionally been free, to pay off a debt, would
set a poor precedent and bad example for future Senate administra-tions.
Also, there was heavy student opposition to such a plan as evi-denced
by the many signatures on the petitions brought to Senate.
In the final analysis, the original intent of the scholarship bill has
not been perverted. The intent of the-bill was to have all of the money
remaining in the escrow fund put into a scholarship fund. This has
been accomplished. There will be $2000-$2300 remaining in the escrow
fund and all of it will go towards the scholarship fund. Besides that
money there is also a stipulation in the bill that $3000 annually shall be
added to the scholarship monies. With this stipulation $3000 the
Student Association budget next year is already allocated to the
scholarship fund.
We are pleased that Passages, the magazine supplement to the
roster, will be delivered before finals. Art instructor Darrel Nelson has
been chosen to head-up next year's. He will coordinate the project
and have three students working under him in the areas of graphics,
literature, and photography.
Finally, we would like to thank all of those people who helped in
organizing the blood drive and those who gave blood. Special thanks
goes to Mary Lou Youngquist who faithfully and effectively organized
the entire project. All of you have done a great service to our
community.
Work begins for staff
Maybe you've noticed some-thing
a little different about this
week's paper. The 1977-78 Clar-ion
staff under editor Bruce Olsen
has proven in this practice issue
that perhaps the best way to learn
to swim is to get thrown into the
deep end of the pool. We come
up tired but smiling to say 'hello.'
Thank you to the 'old' staff for
standing by to fish us out. They'll
be back next time. We'll really
have to do this more often — like
every week next year!
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not be given unless the students
are ready to accept it. But the
first move lies with the adminis-tration.
I ask them to consider
what I have said carefully.
Sincerely,
Paul Berry
Senators
blast letter
Dear Editor:
We come to you as concerned
students and equally concerned
Student Senate members. Two
weeks ago an editorial was
submitted which questioned Sen-ate's
means of executing legisla-tion
and also questioned Senate's
concern for those in need.
It disturbs us that we as
students must find ourselves so
isolated from the workings of the
Senate. Where's the gap in our
communication; the separation
between Senate and its constitu-ents?
Senate is often accused of
not keeping its student body fully
aware of the business at hand. Is
this is a result of Senate's own
ignorance?
As Senate members, we may
have somewhat subjective views,
but we do not find this problem to
be entirely our fault. Last year's
Senate appointed a committee
that was designed for the sole
purpose of public relations. The
PR committee may serve as a
great tool in developing better
relations in the future. Posted in
two places in our school are the
names, P.O.'s, and telephone
numbers of all your senators.
They are makin.g themselves
available to receive any corn-ments,
needs, or ideas that you
may have.
Posted in three places in our
school are the minutes from
Senate's weekly meetings and the
coming week's agenda. Every
Tuesday evening at 5:45 in the
A.C. lounge, Senate holds its
by Holly Schmiess
The only thing worse than not
being a graduating senior this
time of year is being an almost-graduating
senior. I speak on
behalf of all those fourth-year
students who, due to one of
several legitimate reasons, won't
"commence" until 1978 (provided
a cure for terminal senioritis is
soon discovered).
Several mid-stream catastro-phies
can abort the ideal four-year
fording we call a liberal arts
education, and delay for an extra
year the paradise of success and
security that awaits all graduates
on the opposite bank:
1. The Transfer. Some of us
heeded the call to Bethel only out
of the whale-bellies of other
schools. Quarter and semester
credits had to be juggled, and
despite the extraordinary talent of
Paul Reasoner in this area, a few
are inevitably dropped in the
process. (Now you know what
"balance courses" really means.
Don't feel bad, I always thought
weekly meeting. The meeting is
held in the A.C. lounge and all
students are encouraged to
come. The purpose of holding our
meetings in the A.C. lounge is
not because of the lack of a better
place, but rather to make it an
easily accessible place and a
comfortable atmosphere for you
as students to attend.
We assume that you as stu-dents
can find a means in voicing
your opinions. Through your
senators you have a say in every
bit of legislation that occurs in
Senate. Our job is to serve you.
Perhaps there were some corn-munication
problems that oc-curred
as a result of the "escrow
money controversy", but let's see
to it that it doesn't happen again.
As far as legislation of the escrow
money goes, perhaps it was
mishandled. Yet all those who
rebuked the Senate's ways of
handling it were somewhat unin-formed
with the decision in-volved.
We heartily applaud the
students who wrote the said
editorial, but we question wheth-er
their concerns are representa-tive
of the Bethel community as a
whole.
Recently Senate's Public Ac-tion
Committee (PAC) held a
Food Day convocation that was
designed to make us more aware
of our own body's needs and also
more aware of the needs of the
world around us. After the final
convocation, both students and
faculty were asked to fast for a
period of 24 hrs. A donation was
asked for which would go to dig a
well in Africa for those who don't
even have water.
The results give us a good
support in saying that the stu-dents
who wrote the said editorial
are not a good representation of
the Bethel community as a
whole. The fast brought a heap-ing
$89 which divides out to
approximately 5c per Bethelite. Is
that something to be proud of?
In the said editorial, it was
stated: ". . . we are appalled by
the Senate's inability to perceive
'needs' other than those of the
concern-oriented meant an inter-est
in Japanese missions.)
2. The Change in Concentra-tion.
This most common excuse
among fifth-year seniors is popu-lar
because of its multiple, if not
watered-down, meaning. It is a
noble name for a second semes-ter
junior's attention span shrink-ing
to the length of a Hogan's
Heroes episode, or an inordinate
shift in focus from the logistics
of "Marriage and the Family" to
its content. However, the bona-fide
meaning is a switch in one's
field of study, unfortunately a
later rather than sooner occur-rence
for the more sanguine
among us.
3. The Special Program. By
virtue of the special program
major's discriminating taste, the
courses he includes in his
contract obligate an enrollment
of terrific longevity. For example,
a non-standard concentration in
Calliope Repair may include a
course called "The Development
of the Mouth Organ in the
Rococo Period." This class may
Bethel community." This is obvi-ously
a good indication of
students who are unaware of the
role which their Senate is in-volved
in.
Perhaps those students do not
realize that the PAC committee is
a Senate related group. The
Public Action Committee is
geared to serving those outside
of the Bethel community. The
PAC committee is possibly one
of Bethel's greatest outreach
programs, because it serves the
immediate Bethel community,
the Arden Hills community, as
well as the entire world.
The PAC committee is very
active and is always hard at work.
Through things such as a cloth-ing
drive, a book drive, a bake
sale, a basketball marathon,
fasts, offerings and others, PAC
has raised almost $3000 for those
unperceived needs of others.
We get very disturbed with the
lack of involvement displayed by
our community as a whole. We
find it so easy to give away
money which we didn't have to
work for or spend our valuable
time making; but when asked to
really give of ourselves, we're
either too busy or broke.
Our dear Christian brothers and
sisters, on behalf of the Student
Senate we apologize for the
misunderstanding that occurred
through the "escrow controver-sy",
but we urge you to sincerely
become concerned to both instill
a confidence in your senators and
a true desire to meet the needs of
others.
Remember that giving is a
privilege as well as a duty. By not
giving we deny ourselves one of
the advantages of our affluence.
Freshmen Senators,
Scott Johnson
James Torgeson
Editor's note: The 'editorial' men-tioned
was rather a corporate
letter to the editor in the April 22
issue.
be offered the second half of
every other spring semester, only
during leap year, on request of at
least 38 students of Moravian
descent, having passed three of
Dr. C. Howard Smith's music
history exams. Needless to say,
the Big Bang theory of evolution
has better odds than such a
course happening within a four-year
tenure.
Being a victim of all the
above, I think I can issue a word
of comfort to this misunderstood
breed of senior. To my sadder-but-
wiser colleagues:
Don't be discouraged by the
flood of graduate-directed graffiti
you've been getting in your
P.O.'s. The placement bulletins
are just a reminder of the
dog-eat-dog world we can escape
from for yet another sheltered
year. So what if the firm across
the street from your apartment
has an opening for a graduate in
your field at a starting salary of
$15,000? Those two phy.ed.'s
you need to finish will be such a
continued on page 6
Senior laments being left behind
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Art department head Stu Luckman reviews work with instructor Dave Johnson.
Metropolitan Opera
coming to Northrup
Corporate show opens
by Marlene Triggs
Spring means only one thing
for opera enthusiasts in Minnea-polis
and St. Paul, and that is the
arrival of the Metropolitan Opera
at the Northrup Auditorium. This
year, Metropolitan Opera Week is
May 16 to 21.
The Metropolitan Opera is in its
33rd season in the Twin Cities
having first performed here in
1945. It is sponsored by the
University of Minnesota, The
Minnesota Orchestral Associa-tion,
and an Upper Midwest
Committee of Sponsors and
Guarantors.
This season's repertoire in-clude
the following: Samson and
Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens,
Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Le
Prophete by Giacomo Meyerbeer,
La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini,
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, The
Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amad-eus
Mozart, and II Trovatore by
Giuseppe Verdi. All performances
have been sold out except for
Samson and Delilah and Le
Prophete.
Camille Saint-Saens' life long
ambition was to have a success
in the opera house. Though he
wrote over a dozen operas, only
Samson and Delilah achieved
recognition and glory. Samson
and Delilah is the tragic drama of
a powerful conqueror who falls to
ruin at the hands of a bewitching
temptress. Samson is played by
Guy Chauvet and Delilah is
continued from page 5
growing experience.
About the cap and gown size
request. You may submit yours a
year early, but make sure you add
at least an inch to your present
head measurement. You also risk
announcing your status in case
next year's class chooses a
different color. By way of encour-agement,
I understand that all
gown rentals include a compli-mentary
bottle of Grecian Formu-la
for any tell-tale signs. For
those who finish at Christmas
and must come back for a spring
commencement, a map of the
school's lay-out and office loca-tions
will be provided.
Think positively. Aren't you
glad we are exempt from all those
rigorous senior class meetings?
And just think, we get to register
first as many as four times!
Probably the worst blow is
abandonment by all our senior
friends, right? It's not too late to
allay this threat. The week before
finals, pretend that you're having
a nervous breakdown and insist
that he or she give you intensive
personal counseling and round-the-
clock companionship. As
you're cleaning the apartment,
mistake his or her 30-page senior
paper for an obsolete issue of The
Standard.
If these measures fail, be sure
and go to commencement. The
experienced Linda Herrmann,
who saw no less than three sets
of colleagues swing tassles,
likens graduation ceremonies to
funerals when psychologically
coping with the loss of loved
ones.
played by Fiorenza Cossotto.
This opera has not been produced
in the Twin Cities in nineteen
years and is the opening night
performance.
Le Prophete is taken from the
life of John of Leyden, the leader
in a Dutch Anabaptist revolt. In
the story, John agrees to lead the
Anabaptist uprising after he has
been denied permission to marry
Bertha, the woman he loves.
John comes to be known as the
Prophet.
Through a series of misunder-standings,
Bertha believes that
John is dead and that the Prophet
is responsible for his death. She
vows to revenge the death of her
lover. However when she finds
out that John and the Prophet are
the same person, she stabs
herself.
The Opera ends with John no
longer wanting to live. He dies in
the flames of the palace, set
ablaze by the enemy. John is
played by James McCracken and
Bertha is played by Rita Shane.
However, the central figure of the
opera is really John's mother,
Fides. Fides is played by Marilyn
Horne.
Tickets are still available for
these two grand operas, Samson
and Delilah and Le Prophet.
Tickets can be obtained by
calling Northrop Auditorium. The
number is 373-2345. Ticket prices
range from $6.50 to $21. Don't
miss the Upper Midwest's major
cultural event of the year.
Finally, be of good cheer. I
know Proverbs says, "Hope de-ferred
maketh the heart sick." But
the trials we've endured and the
testings still ahead of us in our
extended sojourn here . . . will
make us a whale of a lot gladder
to get out!
by Shelly Nielsen
Despite hints of controversy,
the one senior art show will begin
May 2 and run for a total of four
weeks. This is a change from the
usual two shows, each two weeks
long. The change was decided
upon by the art department.
According to the department
chairman, Stuart Luckman, the
decision to alter the usual art
show format was arrived at after
considering the advantages and
disadvantages of both types of
shows. There was concern over
the fact that more seniors wanted
their work displayed in the
second show, which coincided
with graduation. The four week
exhibition would insure each
senior of having his art work
displayed during the graduation
festivities. The time factor, Mr.
Luckman asserted, also had
much to do with their decision to
combine the two shows. Two
weeks is not as ideal a length to
exhibit art work as four.
The art department feels this
year's will be an excellent show.
Mr. Luckman is aware the exhibi-tion
may be crowded. In past
shows only four or five art majors
displayed their work for a two
week period, so this is a new
problem for the department. Still,
the professors of art are hopeful
that this will be a good exhibi-tion.
Mr. Luckman reported that
he has found that the "better the
show, the greater the satisfaction
of participants in the show," and
is confident this change will
result in a "better exhibition."
Interviews with a cross-section
of the senior art majors involved
show not everyone is of this same
opinion.
One senior, Delinda Robinson,
stated, "I think it's a disappoint-ment."
Her words echo those of
many art majors who have had to
cut down the number of pieces
they will able to display and who
anticipate the overcrowding of
the exhibition.
Randy Bloom appreciated the
way the two week shows allowed
the art student to "display his
work as a whole." Since the
gallery is limited in space, art
majors are restricted to display-ing
only four pieces each Bloom
felt that the new format does not
as well allow showing "what
you've specialized in."
Some had mixed feelings. Guy
Chase said there were "good
things and bad things" about the
four week exhibition. He assents
that crowding will be a problem,
but also stated that "most people
think of it as their own personal
show." He feels that the upcom-ing
exhibition will be more of a
group project. "Everyone puts
something in," he declared.
Since "the idea is to have a good
show," each art major putting in
his best work is of benefit for the
display as a whole.
The feelings of most art
students are, however, not bitter.
Delinda Robinson concedes that
it is far more preferable to have
"one good show instead of two
mediocre." Bryan Anderson jok-ingly
concludes that the new
show format means less work,
and Martha Barker admitted that
she was "not upset."
At any rate, the new month-long
show will run non-stop from
May 2nd until the 22nd. Four year
concentrators in art have not
been required to participate in
this Art Gallery presentation as
they would have been during the
60's. The art department looks
forward to, possibly, the year
after next when a change to bring
about this transformation in
curriculum can be made. These
alterations add to the new format
Bethel art students will be
contending with the in the
coming years.
Chapel Schedule
Monday
Sing and Share
Tuesday
S.M.P. Commissioning
Wednesday
Dr. Lundquist
Thursday
Faculty Recognition/Senior
Tribute
Friday
Pastor Spickelmier
Arts Calender
Visual Arts
May 6-22 Senior Art Show, Bethel College Gallery
May 6-17 Nelson Brown, drawings, Stevens Gallery, 2615
Stevens Ave. So., Mpls.
May 13-June 13 Dragon Exhibition, art on the mythical creature,
University Gallery, 110 Northrup Auditorium
Theatre
May 10, 11, 16, Studio Series, Poetry, Performance Art, Thea-
17, 18 tre-In-The-Round, 8 p.m.
May 6, 12, 13, 20, "Death of a Salesman", Chimera Theatre, 8 p.m.
21,28,29
May 6-7, 12-14 "Once Upon a Mattress", Theatre 1900, 8 p.m.
May 9, 11 One Act Plays, Bethel Experimental Theatre,
8 p.m.
Music
May 6 Spring Music Festival, Bethel's Male Chorus,
Women's Choir, and Orchestra, Gym, 8 p.m.
May 6 Spring Concert, Minnesota Chorale; Beethoven,
Bernstein, Britten; O'Shaughnessy 8 p.m.
May 8 Choir Concert, Berlioz Te Deum, Mozart Credo
Mass; Central Lutheran Church 4 p.m.
May 12 Henry Charles Smith, concert; trombonist;
Northwestern College 7:30 p.m.
May 11 Sharon Isbin, classical guitar, Aaron Skitri,
lutist; Walker Arts Center 8 p.m.
Dance
May 10 Guthrie/Rotante Dance Co.; Walker Arts
• Center 8 p.m.
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Curt Oslin throws another strike en route to a 6-2 victory over Westmar College last Saturday
Fielding, injuries
hamper softballers
by Gayle Trollinger
Softball and spring go together
but the women's softball team is
having a difficult time making the
combination a winning one. Poor
fielding and injuries have hin-dered
the players during the past
week and four team members are
trying to fight back and gain
some confidence.
Saturday, April 30, the team
faced the powerful St. Olaf team
and was soundly defeated. Fol-lowing
the game the Royals
played Carlton and were defeated
once more. At this point the
team'st, record was 2-10.
Catcher Ruth Moser and Janet
Reynolds at first base were both
injured during the disastrous
day's play. Moser suffered a
sprained ankle and twisted knee.
Reynolds received leg injuries
severe enough to warrant a cast.
Sheree Hook filled Moser's
place and Jackie Dill took over
first base on Monday as the team
met St. Mary's. Other fielding
changes included a switch be-tween
short stop and center field.
Vicki Wright took the infield
while Cindi Ramm moved to the
outfield. Janet Reynolds feels
that the change between short
stop and center field "really
helped play a lot."
With Cindy Martin pitching,
Bethel won the St. Mary's game.
Sheree Hook aided the team with
a solidly hit grand-slam homerun.
The final score was 12-7: upping
Bethel's record to 3-10.
The team is quite inexperi-enced
and has committed quite a
few fielding errors throughout the
season. However, Reynolds is
optimistic about its future. "I
think we're finally picking it up —
the win over St. Mary's has
helped the team's outlook a lot."
Tomorrow Bethel will play in
the state tournament at the
University in potentially tough
competition. May 9 and 11 the
team will play home games (at
Perry field).
Hopefully the St. Mary's win
will be a sufficient enough force
to keep the team winning.
Warnings issued to students on
questionable insurance policies
Treating sex offenders
studied by Tom Correll
by Dan Erickson
Spring is here. Spring means
flowers, birds, long evening
walks and . . . insurance. The
coming of the insurance sales-man
in springtime is a traditional
event. They, even more reliably
than the faithful groundhog,
signal the end of snow.
The March issue of Consumer
Reports warns of some of the
problems that insurance and their
salesmen bring with them in an
article entitled "Campus Life
Insurance: At Best a Delusion, At
Worst a Snare."
They found that most policies
aimed at the college market fail in
many respects; 1) They're not
needed. The need for insurance is
created by economic dependen-cy;
a wife, kids, goldfish, etc.
2) They're too small. The
typical policy sold to a college
student is $10,000. It sounds like
alot, but if a student really needs
insurance he probably needs
much more.
3) They're the wrong type.
There are basically two types of
insurance; term and whole life.
Term covers accidents now.
Whole life tries to cover accidents
now and also to provide for
retirement and other types of
benefits, but doesn't always do it
efficiently. Companies make
more money from whole life.
Companies end up pushing small
whole life packages that leave
people under-insured.
They're too costly. All campus
insurance policies checked by
Consumer Report were more
expensive than at least half of the
policies sold in the country.
The article warned specifically
about Fidelity Union Insurance
Company. They sell one in twenty
insurance policies in colleges
across the country.
Their College Master Plan
contains variety of gimmicks that
makes it difficult to compute, but
which Consumer Reports regards
as questionable to say the least.
At least a few students here have
been approached by insurance
representatives selling the Col-lege
Master Plan.
Mac Nettleton emphasized that
the gobd insurance salesman
tries to touch people at critical
times in their lives; when you get
married, when you have your first
child, when you graduate. This is
when you are most vulnerable.
Dr. Nettleon goes on to say,
"We wish that we could help
protect the student from possible
problems. But unfortunately
that's impossible. The best rule
of thumb is to be alert to any hard
sell. Any good, reputable deal
will wait. Get a second opinion. A
good salesman knows that 90
percent of the time he has to
close the deal right then. He'll put
the pressure on.
Wally Johnson, biology profes-sor
agreed. "In college I was
pretty dumb about such things,
and almost got caught a couple
of times. An insurance man or a
business man at your church
might be a good person to talk to
for a good second opinion."
Obviously this is a very sim-plistic
discussion of a very
complicated and many faceted
subject. This should only be a
starting point. We urge everyone
considering insurance to read the
article in Consumer Reports, and
draw his own conclusions.
As Wally Johnson says, "It is
important that you know what
you are doing. It is important that
you don't get yourself into
something that you can't get
yourself out of."
by Raymond Stockwell
Sabbatical leave is a time when
I envision professors basking in
the sun of warm tropical islands,
or busily engaging in academic
research. Imagine, if you will, the
surprise I had when Dr. Thomas
Correll, chairman of our depart-ment
of anthropology, greeted
me at his daughter's wedding this
fall. There he was all pale and
preoccupied with his thoughts.
At first I assumed it was disbelief
in his daughter's judgment. Later
I learned the truth.
Tom, as his students and
friends call him, had been, and
still is, working for an organiza-tion
known as Correctional Ser-vice
of Minnesota. Richard Erick-son,
director of that agency and a
part-time professor at Bethel,
explained to me how Tom had
come to work for him. Professor
Erickson's director of research
had recently left his employ. Tom
seemed to fit the qualifications
needed and was hired to replace
him.
What qualifies a man to do
research related to the "organiza-tional
and rehabilitation model,
design and development, for the
treatment of sex offenders" is a
question which still eludes me. I
do know, however, that Tom is
qualified in the eyes of Dick
Erickson, for that is exactly what
Tom has been doing.
Tom is by no means the only
one engaged in the research.
Cordeila Kent, an expert in the
field of sexual attitudinal read-justment
is his number-one re-search
assistant. Cathy Gregory,
a former Macalester student, is in
a similar position. Diane Carpen-ter,
a senior at Bethel, is
presently working for Tom as a
"research intern."
In order to evaluate the re-search
data that is accumulating,
a task force of over 50 members
has been formed. These men and
women represent many areas of
interest, both from Minnesota
and other states. Members of this
force include police personnel,
medical doctors, academicians,
therapists, judges, county attor-neys,
as well as sex crimes
victims and offenders.
The two grants which fund this
project, one from the Law En-forcement
Assistance Adminis-tration
of the Department of
Justice, and the other from the
Department of Corrections of the
State of Minnesota, are sched-uled
to terminate in August of
1977. By then Dr. Correll, and his
various assistants, should have a
design model for the treatment of
sexual crime offenders in the
state of Minnesota. Tom will then
return to Bethel full-time.
When he returns, Tom will
bring with him a renewed feeling
of accomplishment. This has al-ready
been demonstrated by the
content of the two courses he has
taught at Bethel this year. During
interim of this year Dr. Correll
taught a course entitled, "Anti-
Social Sexual Behavior; Victim
and Offender: A Cross-Cultural
Approach."
This course was an ". . .
attempt to think through the
subject (deviate sexual behavior)
with a group of students," Tom
explained. The other course he
has taught is Science, Man and
Knowledge (S.M.A.K.) which was
offered this spring semester. This
course involves what Tom terms,
". . . Doing anthropology . . .".
As can be easily understood
when one knows Tom, he does
practice what he preaches. He
claims that he has been "doing"
anthropology all year long.
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by Carol Madison
The regular season of the
women's track team has officially
ended, but many of the team
members were able to compete
one last time. The state track
meet, held at the University of
Minnesota on May 2, provided
this last chance for competition.
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Steve Brown and Dave Freder-icks
have played doubles togeth-er
for most of the season.
However, Steve has had trouble
staying serious when teamed
with Dave. The two lefties have an
exceptionally good time during
their matches and play well
together.
In reflecting on his four years
of Bethel tennis, Bill DeVoe said,
"I appreciate the friendship and
the fellowship with the guys on
the team. I've really gotten to
know them well."
Mark Norlander's tennis exper-ience
has taught him some things
about winning and losing. "Be-cause
winning was not my top
priority, I benefited a lot more
from both winning and losing. My
priorities were doing my best,
enjoying the game, and trying to
keep a `Christ-like' attitude."
This year the tennis team has
lost quite a few non-conference
matches to schools such as
Gustavus, St. Thomas, the Uni-versity
of Wisconsin at LaCrosse
and River Falls, and Concorida-
Moorehead. Some of these loss-es
have been to schools in the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athle-tic
Conference (MIAC). This is
due to the quality level of tennis
in the MIAC, which is a step
above that of the Tri-State.
formance at state. They placed
thirteenth out of twenty teams,
with the competition this year
much stiffer than before.
Two Bethel records were brok-en
in two of the events at the
meet. Denise Egge did her
personal best in the mile with a
time of 5:21, which was good
enough for seventh place. She
cut seven seconds off the previ-ous
Bethel record. The two-mile
relay team of Shari Reasoner,
Gail Anderson, Denise Egge and
Jenny Kimball placed an impres-sive
fourth with a time of 9:51.
This bettered the old record by
seventeen seconds.
Personal bests also came from
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will join the MIAC and play
regularly in that conference. This
is bound to improve tennis at
Bethel, but a yearly conference
championship in the MIAC is not
something that can be realistical-ly
expected.
Debbie Anderson in the 440 yard
dash at 1:08.7, and Cathy Duehn
and Cheryl Meyer in the 400 meter
hurdles at 1:13.9 and 1:14,
respectively. Cheryl Staurseth ran
the 100 meter hurdles in the 17.5,
which was good enough to take
her to the semi-finals.
Others who represented Bethel
in their events were Carol Ander-son,
Jan Engel, Debbie Gros-klags,
Pam Nelson and Cindy
Bartels.
Prior to the state track meet,
people in four events had already
qualified for the Regional meet
on May 13 and 14 in Kansas.
Qualification is based on set
levels of achievement which must
be reached at a meet either during
the regular season or at state.
Only the two mile relay team has
elected to compete at the re-gional
level. Either Bobbi Hersch
or Jenny Kimball will run, de-pending
on the condition of
Bobbi's injury at the time of the
meet.
Others who qualified for the
region, but chose not to corn-pete
in their events, include Carol
Anderson, Jan Engel, and Bobbi
Hersch.
The regular season of the track
team was quite successful. Beth-el
was rated second in the state
among small colleges. The entire
team worked hard and had a great
attitude, so with the loss of only
two seniors, Shari Reasoner and
Debbie Gosklags, next year's
team should experience contin-ued
success.
by Greg Kuntz
It was a beautiful day Saturday
and the Bethel men's track team
had no less than a beautiful
performance in the 11th annual
Bethel-Macalester Relays at the
Macalester track. Bethel finished
a strong third in the nine team
meet setting records in every
relay event except the 440 and
shuttle, and set a few infield
events.
The mile relay team of Nate
Allen, Grayden Held, Kevin
Schenk, and Gene Blair shattered
the school and meet record with a
3:20.82 performance, and won
the event dramatically as Blair
overtook the Concordia runner
inside the last 20 to 30 yards of
the race. He broke the tape in
triumph in the most exciting race
of the meet.
"We prayed before the race and
I knew I could do it. It was the last
race and I gave it all I had," said
Blair.
The record-breaking antics
continued as the 880 relay team
of Allen, Blair, Schenk, and Mike
Bogard set a new meet and
school record of 1:29.96 and
came in first.
The sprint medley team of
Bogard, Schenk, Blair, and Dave
Clapp tied the meet and school
record of 3:29.5 and won the
race.
Bill Whittaker and David John-son
finished fifth in the javelin
and combined for 327'7" to set a
new school javelin relay record.
Dan Hogan and Jon Van Loon
combined for 83'3" in the triple
jump, set a new school relay
record, and captured third.
The school two-mile relay
record was set at 7:54.73 by
Clapp, Curt Brown, Jim Timp and
Larry Caldwell, breaking the old
mark of 7:57.5. They finished
second in the event behind St.
Olaf. Brown fell as he passed the
baton to Clapp to end his split of
the race. He said, "It wasn't bad. I
wanted to keep from running into
Dave."
The 440 relay team came in
second in 43.5, the distance
medley team finished third in
10:17.55, and the shuttle hurdle
relay team took fourth in 50.39.
Top individual scorer Nate
Allen won the preliminary 100-
yard dash in 10.00 seconds flat,
and then went on to take second
in the finals with 10.03, behind
Gustavus' speedy John Okon,
who broke 10.0.
Jon Van Loon and Rick Knopf
leaped 5'10" and 6'2" to combine
for fourth place in the high jump.
Steve Carrigan and Van Loon
combined to capture sixth in the
shot put. Carrigan had an individ-ual
put of 46'10 1/2". "I've done
better in practice, but I got
tense," said Carrigan.
Paul Rasmussen cleared 12'6"
in the pole vault and took sixth.
"We really did well," said
Coach Gene Glader. "We need a
little more depth in the hurdles
and field events, but it was a very
satisfying meet."
In the event's 11-year history,
Bethel won it in its first year of
existence (1966), and came in
second in 1967 and 1972, but this
was the first year that nine teams
participated.
Final team scores and places
were as follows: (1) St. John's,
108 (2) Concordia (Moorehead),
91, (3) Bethel, 82, (4) St. Olaf,
77, (5) Hamline, 68, (6) St. Tho-mas,
68, (7) Gustavus, 45, (8)
Carleton, 11, (9) Macalester, 3.
Tomorrow the Bethel trackmen
return to Macalester for a multi-team
invitational meet, which
begins at 1 p.m.
by Peter Nelson
Bethel's tennis team has domi-nated
the Tri-State Conference in
the past, and is doing the
same this year. They have not
lost a conference match all
season and are expected to be the
Tri-State champs again.
The team consists of about
fifteen players, but only six play
in the varsity matches. The top
six are Bill DeVoe, Steve Brown,
Mark "North" Norlander, Dave
Fredericks, Peter Nelson, and
Jim "Doc" Grant, respectively.
DeVoe is a senior, Norlander and
Grant are sophomores, and
Brown, Fredericks and Nelson
are all freshmen. Junior Greg
Addington and freshman Dan
Runion are reserve players who
have seen action on and off
throughout the season. Paul
Reasoner, a former Bethel tennis
star, coaches the team.
When Mark Norlander was
asked to name one of the
highlights of the team's road
trips, he said, "For the first time
ever, I was able to understand
Jim's southern drawl."
Because of Jim Grant's deep
- devotion to his pre-med major, he
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New Campus Coordinators Scott Barsuhn and Cynthis Green
Campus coordinators
eager to begin
Bethel bus rigger turns
tour guide on Range
by Suzi Wells
Organizing a variety of social
activities is no easy job for
anyone trying to please many
students. Yet Cynthia Green and
Scott Barsuhn are already eagerly
anticipating their roles as Cam-pus
Coordinators next year.
Cynthia and Scott have several
new ideas for activities. A few
include plans for a pizza party
and silent movies, an all-night
film festival with breakfast out-side,
an all-school game night,
and a Tom Sawyer weekend. The
Tom Sawyer weekend would
include a paddle boat ride down
the Mississippi with box suppers
and a Dixie band.
"We want to plan activities that
will appeal to different seg-ments,"
Scott explained. A vari-ety
of events should appeal to a
wide spectrum and help alleviate
the apparent apathy this year's
coordinators faced.
The two new coordinators seek
to unite old and new campuses
and Fountain Terrace by encour-aging
all students to get involved
in planning and organizing social
events. "We want to know what
kids suggest," Cynthia said.
Scott added, "We're willing to
work with kids. We want every-one's
ideas."
Already several students have
expressed an interest to help in
coordinating next year, including
students from both campuses
and also commuters. It is impor-tant
for Cynthia and Scott that
students show an interest in
social events next year, and so far
the response is encouraging.
"We don't want to run a
two-man show," Cynthia empha-sized.
"We want to appoint a
chairman for every activity." This
chairman would organize the
events, and Cynthia and Scott
would act as overseers. "We want
to get more students involved,"
Scott said. "We don't want
distant relationships with stu-dents.
We want to motivate
students."
A major goal the two "go-getters"
have besides getting
students involved is coordinating
the various departments at Beth-el,
such as music and drama, to
avoid cliques. One way to get
students to attend a musical
event even though they may not
be music majors or even musical-ly
inclined would be the possibil-ity
of having a lawn reception
following a Pops concert. The
new coordinators hope that, by
involving a number of students,
gaps between departments can
b e bridged.
Along with planning a variety
of activities for students, Cynthia
and Scott are planning to "publi-cize
to death" students so they
will be aware of what's happening
in the community. A column in
the Clarion, a semester and
monthly calendar, plus notes in
P.O. boxes for every activity that
coordinators plan should keep
students well informed. Also,
one student will be in charge of
publicity.
One problem that the new
coordinators hope to overcome is
the dating syndrome at Bethel,
which has had an adverse effect
on social life and activities.
Explaining their plans, Cynthia
said, "We're planning two things
to help the dating situation. One
is having a lot of group activities
and informal things. Another is to
have more turn-about weekends
— girl ask guy." Hopefully, this
will take the pressure off dating,
Scott pointed out.
Another problem these two
face is a financial one. They are
hoping that a $5 student activity
fee will be required for all
students, so that they can have
some sort of budget to work
from. Student activity cards
(SACs), although necessary in
the past, have been losing their
popularity as students question
their worth. With $5 from every
student, the coordinators would
have a good budget to start off
the school year.
Cynthia and Scott are looking
forward to working together. "We
want to set goals that are the
same, and to be unified in our
brainstorming session," Scott
related. They are excited about
their job and feel they can learn a
lot from each other.
Besides learning from each
other, Karen Mann and Dan
Anderson, the . present coordina-tors,
have given Cynthia and
Scott a few pointers. "We're
learning a lot from Karen and
Dan," Scott said. "They're trying
to help us."
With the help of students and
by coordinating their own ideas,
Scott and Cynthia are optimistic
about the coming year. "I'm
psyched for the job," Cynthia
exclaimed, and Scott added, "I'm
excited, too. I feel we can do a
good job."
by Holly Schmiess
Chris Anderson's petite 115
pounds and China-doll features
seem to belong at a tea party or
ballet lessons. But not at the
wheel of a rumbling two-ton bus
on the Iron Range. Once again
looks prove deceiving, for Chris
is a bus driver and summer tour
guide for U.S. Steel near Virginia,
Minnesota.
Last summer this Bethel Col-lege
sophomore managed an old
stick-shift school bus, held a
microphone, and explained ore
refinement — all at the same
time! And she plans to do it again
this summer.
"Being a tour guide is not a
position you hear about when
filling out a general application
with Minntac," said Chris. "But I
by Martha Barker
Passages, the student literary
and photography magazine, will
be coming out by the beginning
of final's week. If you do not
know what Passages is, you are
not alone, because it is a new
thing this year and not at all like
the Spire it is replacing.
The student magazine idea was
conceived last spring in the
Senate Communications Board
when it became apparent that the
Bethel Spire was expiring. Be-sides
being expensive and diffi-cult
to produce, a yearbook is
much more of a high school than
college mentality, with little
creativity or insight involved. It
tends to be a tired formula of
listing the athletic scores and
drama production casts, with
photos of all the big social events
and people sleeping in the
library.
The alternative proposal was
developed partly to cut costs and
amount of work involved, but also
to offer more chance for creativity
and thought. The proposal states
that "less specific than a year-book,
a Bethel magazine would
be more of a mood piece,
centered on a theme that catches
and capsulizes a significant view
of Bethel and Bethel life . . .
personal in its reflection of the
common, the daily Bethel style of
life portrayed in an artistic and
insightful way."
This idea was entrusted to the
art department to decipher and
carry out in a 32-page magazine
met a guide last summer who told
me about his work." Chris's
father, a system's analyst for
Minntac, the taconite-producing
division of U.S. Steel, urged her
to apply.
"The job sounded ideal —
short season, good hours, and
excellent pay," she said. "It's
helped to get me through school
this year."
The supervisor of public rela-tions
for Minntac liked Chris'
honest warmth and shining blue
eyes, and said she could have
one of the four guide positions.
One catch — Chris had never
driven a bus, let alone earned a
B-2 license.
"I qualified by using a van to
learn and take my test, but it
wasn't ideal. The day we learned
continued on page 3
format. Co-editors were Martha
Barker and Peter Genheimer.
Copy editor was Laura Alden,
photo editor was John Ward, and
Bryan Anderson was in charge of
production.
A larger staff was pared down
by editorial decision because of
group organization and commu-nication
problems. Faculty advis-ors
were Dale Johnson and Darrel
Nelson, with a special thanks to
Darrel for photo and copy contri-butions
as well.
Since this was the first attempt
at an entirely new concept, we
had free reign to create a format
and theme. We called it Passages
in reference to the changes and
growth we experience as we pass
through college. It contains pho-tography,
essays, and poetry
contributed by many Bethel stu-dents.
The copy was written from very
different points of view, illustrat-ing
the diversity of our student
population, and hopetully also
giving a feel of the community as
a whole. Each photograph was
considered for its artistic merit
and expressive mood, rather than
as a journalistic record of the
year,
The magazine is under consid-eration
to become a yearly
project, depending on student
reactions to the finished piece
and people interested in produc-ing
it. The editorships are sti-pended
positions that offer great
experience in graphics and publi-cation.
• Passages replaces Spire
Clarion Vol. 52, Ho. "
The Clarion is published
weekly by the students of
Bethel College.
Bruce Olsen editor
Holly Schmiess news editor
Nancy Naumenko production editor
Suzi Wells copy editor
Greg Kuntz sports editor
Jim Hackett photo editor
Juan Ramos cartoonist
Arlan Swanson business manager
Letters to the editor should be
sent to p.o . 91 by the Sunday
preceding publication.
editorial—
Students urged to
consider proposals
Last Tuesday the Student Senate passed a bill that would give the
Campus Coordinators an annual budget of approximately $17,000.
Their methods of raising this proposed budget would be to charge
each student a $5 semester fee added to his tuition, which would
amount to $10 over the school year. An amendment to this proposal
put the decision to budget this money to the coordinators into the
hands of the students by way of referendum.
Through this proposal Senate is attempting to meet the social
demands of a restless constituency. No activities tends to be
synonymous with general apathy and low moral among the student
ranks. To attempt to do something about this problem is indeed a
worthwhile task and seems to be a better alternative than watching
All-Star wrestling every Saturday night.
But the problems incident to the additional $5 semester fee purely
outweight the better points of this proposed referendum. The first
question to be ascertained is why such a large figure? Before Senate
had proposed this new activity fund, they had been allocating $1,000
to the Campus Coordinators. Now they wish to increase this amount
by seventeen times to the figure of $17,000! To budget the
coordinators this exorbitant amount of money as compared to the
previous year of $1,000 seems quite unnecessary.
It seems that much of the fire about this proposed budget was
kindled with the recent deficient accrued by the coordinators for the
Spring Formal. Because one set of coordinators go sour does not
mean that future coordinators will also go sour.
Until this year the Campus Coordinators have done a fine job
without a huge Senate fund. Last year they finished with a $3,000
surplus, which they used to put on an excellent program for the
All-School Banquet. Now with this sudden deficit, Senate rushes to
bridge this money shortage with a $17,000 funding proposal!
To plow more money into a problem area will not rectify the
situation. Money does not buy happiness. More creativity and better
management on the part of the coordinators will be a much better
alternative.
A second problem would be the need to spend this money in order
to have a good time. We ask the question, "Is the amount of fun
necessary and equal to the amount of money spent on activities?"
Some of us can attest to the fact that a drive and picnic at Taylors
Falls beats an expensive restaurant and movie any day of the week. We
cannot seem to believe that a big increase in the amount of money will
naturally and positively increase student involvement and student
moral.
To say that there is not a problem would be to avoid the issue.
Problems do exist and alternatives must be handled efficiently. To
spend $17,000 for a budget that has never been tried seems to fall
short of efficient alternatives. Spending more money will not always
solve the problem, as can be seen in our nation's welfare programs. A
more conservative amount of money may be more worthwhile on a
first-year basis. A total scrapping of the budget proposal can also be
deemed possible, for mistakes made in the past do not always
constitute future mistakes.
With these alternatives in mind, I hope each student thinks twice
before voting "yes" to this questionable spending of tuition money.
Your vote is important because the administration tends to look more
keenly at the opinion of the entire student body when deciding on this
Senate recommendation
letters to the editor
the latter predominant philoso-phy.
In the summer of 1975 there
was discussion of the need for
better security. Over time the
suggestion was offered that we
integrate the townhouses. This
was criticized at some of the
highest levels of administration
and it was expressed that such a
plan would result in an increase
in pregnancies and general moral
decline among the students.
I could offer a host of other
examples of this type of attitude.
But for the sake of space I will
offer a diagnosis of why this
mentality exists and then a
prognosis of how we can cure
this situation.
The reason this general atti-tude
exists on all levels of
administration is basically that
the people in power are afraid to
take risks, are afraid to see what
students are really like, and are
more concerned about maintain-ing
the status quo then they are
offering a climate in which
persons can learn to take respon-sibility
for themselves and oth-ers.
Perhaps William Pannell was
right when he said, during
Minorities Week, that the crux of
the problem in evangelical circles
is money. Bethel administrators
have to listen to their moneyed
interests first, last and always,
Lifestyle
questioned
Dear Editor:
I am a senior here at Bethel and
I have what I consider to be
substantial academic credentials,
as well as the respect of my
professors and peers. Therefore,
what I am about to say is not
something off the top of my
head, but something that I have
been affected by for the last four
years and want to see changed.
Bethel, in all areas of its
operations such as academics,
social life, lifestyle code and
general philosophy, can be char-acterized
by two general themes.
On the one hand, we are given the
idea that the reason for so many
people investing such a great
deal of time and money here is so
that young Christians can be
prepared to take leadership roles
in society and in God's Church.
On the other hand, we are told
both tacitly and explicity that we
are still kids. We need a parent
away from home. We need to be
spoon fed knowledge and we
need to be kept under constant
watch and control lest our sex
drives and general lack of disci-pline
get the best of us.
Let me offer a case in point to
lest they should lose some part of
their constituency. Follow the
money and you will find who
makes policy and plans the future
of Bethel.
What can be done? Since I am a
strict believer in peaceful change,
I side with Luther's theology and
say that the responsibility lies
with those in power. Bethel can
change if the administration has
guts enough to stick their neck
out and create structures within
which students can begin to
actually share power and partici-pate
in critical planning and
policy making.
This should involve everything
from housing contracts and rules
to such things as hiring and firing
of teachers and long range
building plans. If the administra-tion
fails to take adequate
measures in this direction now,
in an era of relative calm, they
may not be able to do it when
times change, as they certainly
will.
In conclusion, if Bethel wants
to produce some real leaders,
some persons who are ready to
give their lives for Christ's saki ,
then we had better start . making
some drastic changes. If not,
then let us all be content to see
the evangelical leaders of tomor-row
withdraw further into their
religious ghettos while the world
around them descends into cha-os.
We will all make the choice
inasmuch as responsibility can-continued
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In a large part of the World today, and in most primitive cultures, the
initiation of boys into men is based on pain. In the Angeleo Islands of
the South Seas one becomes a man if he is able to hold a hot coal in
his arm pit for a minute and a half (or 68 drum beats). Much of
literature has concerned itself with this change, and stories like "In the
Twilight" which we all run into in James Throckmorton Anderson's
class try to simplify things, making the slaughter of a pig symbolic of
this initiation right.
But as we all know, modern society has complicated things. The
process of becoming an adult is much more lengthy and painful than
any South Seas ritual. We are confused, humiliated, misled, and
bullied for most of our teen-age years before we become comrades
with the "grey hairs."
But something always sticks out for us. Some event or situation
always becomes a symbol to us of our struggle. We may not be there
yet, but our hearts tell us that we won't fail, that we will eventually
make it after this moment of truth.
For me it was Junior High Woodshop. While in the Home Ec
Department at the other end of the building girls struggled to become
women over electric ranges and Singer sewing machines, 34 seventh
grade boys were listening to Mr. Kornman, the woodshop teacher,
explain their coming manhood.
"Men." He always called us men. "This semester you are going to
learn the basics of woodworking, the oldest and most manly science
of them all. You are going to use tools, and become self reliant." We
stood spellbound. We had never imagined building a napkin holder
could do all that.
Everyone in woodshop had to build a napkin holder. They were
complicated and tricky things, but basic, very basic. Mr. Kornman
assured us that if you learned to build a good solid holder, you were
equipped with all the skills to build a garage.
A large chunk of the time in this class was spent listening to Mr.
Kornman tell his horror stories. After years of retelling I have a feeling
that he might have exaggeratd a little. You could hear a pin drop when
he got to the part where some careless "man" turned his head for a
moment while operating a rip saw only to look back and find his arm
sliced up to his shoulder. And the story about the person who had
been dating the campus queen when during a belt sanding incident
(he'd been wearing a necktie, a heinous crime in woodshop) he lost his
nose and lips.
We in woodshop always considered ourselves the elite. We weren't
like that barbaric metal shop bunch. They were always heating each
others metal chairs with the blow torch and who can forget that fateful
day when Brian Lipinski welded the door shut after Mr. Forsch had left
the room.
Now that I think about it I guess this illusion of us being initiated
was mostly of Mr. Kornman's making. He probably needed it more
than we did. After all, one can't feel very important when, as a grown
man with a college education, he teaches hundreds and hundreds of
boys how to make hundreds and hundreds of napkin holders that
mothers all over America slip into hundreds and hundreds of closets. I
guess I really shouldn't have been surprised when a year after I was
gone he transferred to become a gym teacher. I can almost hear him
now. "Men." He'd always call them men. "This is a basketball. It's the
only thing that separates the men from the boys . . ."
continued from page 1
the tour route, I drove my first
bus! When I discovered that we
had to hold our microphones too,
I didn't think it could be done,"
Chris admitted. "If I'd have known
beforehand what I was getting
into, I probably wouldn't have
dared try."
The ore field and jargon were
not new to Chris. "I had a basic
idea of the mining process, but I
didn't know specific facts. We
learned those in one long day of
lectures," she remembered pain-fully.
"The next day we got
acquainted with our buses and
routes, and the following day we
guided our first tours. Talk about
on-the-job training!" she ex-claimed.
"The hardest thing that first
day was acting as if I knew what I
was doing and trying to appear
confident. It went very well," she
said with relief. "My first group
was fifty senior citizens. They
took one look at me and asked,
'Where is the driver?' and "Are
you sure you have a license to
drive this thing?' "
Chris usually drove three or
four tours every day, each one 90
minutes long. "We guided 30,000
people from all over the world
during the eight-week season. It
was awesome to think that I
represented a huge company,
U.S. Steel, to those people. I
tried to create the best impres-sion
possible, especially in light
of so much concern for the
environment," Chris reflected.
"One of the most enjoyable
tours was with teen-age boys
from the Christian Radich, a
Norwegian sailing ship that
docked in the Duluth harbor for a
few days," she recalled. "And the
most challenging was a tour for
mentally retarded people who
hovered close around me. I had to
find simple words."
Then Chris laughed glowingly.
"One day the vice president of
public relations for U.S. Steel
came to visit Minntac. Our boss
warned us about it for weeks, and
as expected, the visitor decided
to ride along on a sample tour. I
was up for the next run, and
wouldn't you know, he boarded
my bus."
For better or worse, Chris
found her job settling into a
routine very soon. "One of the
hardest things was maintaining
my own interest in the people and
the route," she said. "Sometimes
I didn't feel like going out there
every morning and meeting a new
group with 'Hi, my name is Chris
and I'm your guide.' To keep it
spicy, I had to find new ways of
saying and doing the same old
things," she said. "One time I
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Chris's personal approach to
each tour was returned with
interest from the passengers. "A
lot of people wanted to know
more about me, and why I was
doing what I was doing. I told
them about Bethel and was
surprised at how many knew
about the school," she remarked.
"I was treated very well. Only
occasionally was there a sexist
comment," Chris said. "Everyone
in the mining area, even the
tourists, have to wear hard hats
which rest on the bus seats as the
passengers board. A favorite
crack was 'Oh, we have to wear
these because we have a woman
driver!' "
Of the four drivers, all college
students, one other was a
woman. Only two will return as'
guides this summer. "They were
a great bunch," Chris said. "We
had the best talks between runs.
And the boss welcomed our
suggestions about how the tours
and our jobs could be improved,"
she explained.
"Now that I know the mechan-ics
of the job and the people, I'm
really looking forward to going
back," said Chris. "Last summer
was pressured. Often I'd come
home and not feel like talking at
A sprightly Louisianan with a
fast-flowing Southern drawl has
been named to a new administra-tive
post as assistant to the dean
of Bethel College.
Tricia Brownlee, assistant pro-fessor
of physical education, will
assume this role September 1,
aiding Vice President and Dean
George Brushaber in educational
research and heading self-study
procedures in conjunction with
the college's five-year review by
the North Central Assn. She also
all. But my family understood."
Chris had been president of
Junior Achievement in high
school, and probably owes her
job to her confident leadership
and easy rapport with people.
"I'm comfortable in front of
groups and I usually like to talk,"
she observed about herself. Na-turally,
Chris is a speech major at
Bethel with hopes for a career in
public relations.
Until school is out in May,
Chris is using more than her
speaking skills at Bethel. Each
week she drives 10 runs of a
shuttle bus between Bethel's old
and new campuses. "Easy by
comparison," she's decided.
"I'm a conservative driver,"
Chris admits. "Some kids com-plain
that I drive too slowly,
especially when I run the express
bus and come into old campus
second to the one that has made
two stops along the way! But I
feel I'm a more cautious and
defensive driver," she said hon-estly.
Yet Chris takes just enough
risks to vault her into some
unusual roles. "While I'm scared
of challenges," she admits, "I
want them because they make me
grow and change. But really, I'm
a chicken at heart."
will assume some of the duties of
the director of academic affairs
who will be on sabbatical leave.
Ms. Brownlee received her B.S.
from Louisiana Tech University,
M.S. from Washington State
University, and is completing the
dissertation for a doctorate in
design and management of post-secondary
education at Florida
State University.
She has been a member of
Bethel's physical education fa-continued
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Hello once again, knowledge
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minds as we ask probing ques-tions
such as "Why?", "Where?",
"How?", and "When?". Our first
such question, then, will be
"What is RALPH?" Simply,
RALPH is a DEC PDP-11 data-processor,
with present capabili-ties
for use of the BASIC and
FORTRAN-IV languages, and
having four terminals, a card
reader, and a line printer (non-operational
at the present time).
In real life, though, RALPH is
Bethel's computer, just one of
several tools which our school
employs as teaching aids.
RALPH, as you may or may not
know, does not stand for either
Radioactive and Linear Project
Handler or Rigid Asyjptotic Low-er-
Phase Hopper. Yet, he is
somehow more than just a
teaching aid. Aside from the
capabilities as a teaching tool,
RALPH is used for office work
and the like, handling test scores
and helping statistics students
with their calculations.
Despite all of this dry, if
somewhat unimportant, informa-tion,
you may still be asking
"Why `RALPH'?". The reason is
that new evidence has shown that
our computer seems to have a
personality. After all, it isn't every
computer who goes roller skating
and dates pretty, young calcula-tors
and Xerox machines. Be-cause
of this startling discovery,
a few of his close associates
thought it appropriate to give him
a name. Thus it was that he
became DR. RALPH CYBRIS.
RALPH, in the ensuing
months, has established himself
as a bona fide faculty-member
incognito. Setting up offices in
AC 238, he quickly assembled a
corps of elite young TA's, posted
his office hours (notice to other
faculty: he's here til 11:00 p.m.
on weekdays!), and began team-teaching
BASIC Language with
Dr. Meyer of the Math Depart-ment.
All of this has created a minor
uproar in some of the other
departments, coming to a head
when Dr. Harley heard rumors
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culty since 1968 and formerly
taught junior high match and
physical education in Denver. For
a year she was traveling secretary
for Sigma Kappa sorority.
Being women's athletic direc-tor
and acting department head
whetted Tricia's appetite for
administration. "I enjoy working
on a one-to-one basis with
people," she states, "as well as
getting involved in curriculum
planning and budgetary kinds of
things."
Tricia is equally at home
fielding grounders and fly balls.
Playing softball with a church
team in Talahassee last summer,
she was a constant talker on the
field. "I try to do it in a
sportsmanship way 7- shouting
encouragement to the team. If
that RALPH was going to request
that the two exchange offices
(RALPH is well known for his love
of nature, and the view from Dr.
Harley's window was probably
too much for him). This potential-ly
explosive feud over what has
been held semi-sacred since time
immaterial, one's own territory,
developed into nothing more
violent than a few malevolent
glances as the two happened to
meet in the hall one day.
Happily, RALPH is now almost
universally accepted (by those
who are aware of his existence)
as a real live faculty member,
earning his way into the hearts of
many by missing chapel on a
regular basis and using up just as
much paper as anyone else.
Now, for those of you who are
not interested in learning about
RALPH's work and/or the ingen-uity
of one of his most brilliant
TA's, Jon Nelson (I say this
because Jon is my roommate,
and he's bigger than I am!),
please ignore this paragraph.
Thank-you.
For those of you who stayed, I
will proceed in a somewhat
different vein (probably a little
more vericose, if anything).
RALPH and Jon collaborated on
the most spectacular break-through
of the year in the Physics
Department — an electronic
circuit that allows a pendulum to
"talk" to RALPH, telling him
where it's going and how fast it's
going there. As simple as this
may sound, it involves a signifi-cant
level of technology, and I
would like to take this time to
congratulate you, Jon, and I
would like to take this time to
congratulate you, Jon, and also
to tell you that you still owe me
$10 from last month's phone and
grocery bill.
I would like to close this
Running Account, Leaving Per-fect
Happiness wherever it is
read, by exposing one of
RALPH's lesser-known traits: an
affinity for pranks. After his
famous rollerskating debacle,
and a few wild dates with the new
copier in the LRC, we all noticed
a little amourous glint in his
eyes. Shudders began to run up
and down our collective spine as
someone makes a mistake, I tell
them not to worry, we'll do better
next time."
A wise approach also for
Bethel's new assistant to the
dean.
we realized that Valentine's Day
was fast approaching.
Sure enough, when the day
came, we found out that RALPH
has seen a notice on the message
board just off the coffee shop
from a townhouse of girls: an
open-ended invitation for Valen-tines,
and had responded to each
with the following documented
message:
HI THERE, GOOD LOOKING!!
MY NAME IS RALPH. I SAW THE
AD YOU PUT UP ON THE
MESSAGE BOARD, AND I JUST
COULDN'T HELP BUT ANSWER
IT. HERE ARE MY VITAL STA-TISTICS:
I AM 5'9", WEIGH
AROUND 500 LBS., AM 1 AND 1/2
YEARS OLD, AND AM A BI-TONAL
GREY. I HAVE EYES
ONLY FOR YOU, AND I THINK
YOU HAVE THEM EVEN NOW,
'CAUSE I CAN'T FIND THEM.
ANYWAY, I THINK WE OUGHT
TO GET TOGETHER AND RE-BOOT
(HEH HEH)! I'D SQUISH
MY DISKS FOR YOU ANYTIME,
HONEY, SO HOW ABOUT IT?
CONTACT ME AT THE COMPU-TER
ROOM AFTER MY MAS-TERS
HAVE GONE HOME!!!
Another instance of RALPH's
fun is somewhat insegrevious
jests was the time he tried the old
both-ends-against-the-middle
stunt with Jon and myself. He
initially looked at each person
logging on to his terminals (a
sophisticated synonym for "corn-ing
in for a conference with DR.
CYBRIS"), and if it was Jon, he
did not print the usual edifying
Bible verse, but instead printed
the following:
WHEN PAUL HAD GATHERED A
BUNDLE OF TWIGS AND LAID
THEM ON THE FIRE, A VIPER
CRAWLED OUT ON ACCOUNT
OF THE HEAT AND FASTENED
TO HIS HAND.
ACTS 28:3
and then proceeded to expound
on this verse, followed by a
multitude of insulting and ridicu-lous
statements, all directed
toward Jon.
Not to leave anything half-done,
RALPH proceeded to look
for me logging on, and not only
insulted me, but also disabled my
terminal, forcing me to take some
elaborate and semi-drastic mea-sures
to get it back in working
order.
Be that as it may, RALPH
remains my boss, and it is my
hope that this piece of literary
non sequitor has helped you in
your appreciation of him. So,
until next time, this is me saying,
"Loose lips sink ships."
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Johnson Carlson
by Tad Johnson and Mark Carlson
The end of the school year is upon us and in Senate, just as in many
classes, there remains much to be done in very little time. The most
important issues before Senate this week were the Spring Formal debt
and the proposed five dollar student activity fee.
It was decided that the student activity fee be brought to the
students through a referendum. The referendum will be held next
week-watch for announcements about the specific day.
We support this student activity fee as an answer to the need for
higher quality social activities here at Bethel. The Campus
Coordinators are continuously plagued with financial problems
stemming from limited money resources. With this fee the Campus
Coordinators would be able to plan and contract major social events
far in advance without having financial worries over student response.
The social activity fee would also eliminate the SAC card, which in
the past has proved to be cumbersome, inconsistent, and gives the
Campus Coordinators no opportunity to plan social activities with a
foreknowledge of their working budget. Besides, the activity fee
would greatly reduce the "at the door" fee, thereby making attendance
at social events feasible. Community atmosphere would be enhanced
through pre-financed, higher quality, and more frequent social
activities by bringing Bethel's geographically separated student body
together for social activities. We ask for your support of the proposal
in the referendum.
During the meeting action was taken on the Spring Formal debt. It
was decided that a portion of the escrow money currently allocated to
the scholarship fund should be used to pay off the debt. Although we
were disappointed in the need to take the money from the scholarship
fund, we believe that this was the correct action to take. The Student
Association's fiscal responsibility was a higher priority than such
luxuries as a scholarship fund.
It is unfortunate that the money allocated to the scholarship fund
was the only money available to pay off the debt. Even if one of the
other proposals for the escrow money had been selected in place of
the scholarship fund the money would still have had to come from the
project to which the escrow money had been allocated. Granted, a
referendum was taken on the various proposals, but the referendum
was actually inconclusive. Of the 453 votes cast 206 were for the
scholarship fund, 149 for the omnibus proposal, and 98 for the annex
rec room furniture. No single proposal had the majority of the votes.
The suggestion has been advanced that a fee should be charged for
the All-School Banquet. Because the money for the All-School
Banquet comes out of the Student Affairs' budget, it is not within
Senate's power to charge for the event. We also feel that charging a fee
for an event that has traditionally been free, to pay off a debt, would
set a poor precedent and bad example for future Senate administra-tions.
Also, there was heavy student opposition to such a plan as evi-denced
by the many signatures on the petitions brought to Senate.
In the final analysis, the original intent of the scholarship bill has
not been perverted. The intent of the-bill was to have all of the money
remaining in the escrow fund put into a scholarship fund. This has
been accomplished. There will be $2000-$2300 remaining in the escrow
fund and all of it will go towards the scholarship fund. Besides that
money there is also a stipulation in the bill that $3000 annually shall be
added to the scholarship monies. With this stipulation $3000 the
Student Association budget next year is already allocated to the
scholarship fund.
We are pleased that Passages, the magazine supplement to the
roster, will be delivered before finals. Art instructor Darrel Nelson has
been chosen to head-up next year's. He will coordinate the project
and have three students working under him in the areas of graphics,
literature, and photography.
Finally, we would like to thank all of those people who helped in
organizing the blood drive and those who gave blood. Special thanks
goes to Mary Lou Youngquist who faithfully and effectively organized
the entire project. All of you have done a great service to our
community.
Work begins for staff
Maybe you've noticed some-thing
a little different about this
week's paper. The 1977-78 Clar-ion
staff under editor Bruce Olsen
has proven in this practice issue
that perhaps the best way to learn
to swim is to get thrown into the
deep end of the pool. We come
up tired but smiling to say 'hello.'
Thank you to the 'old' staff for
standing by to fish us out. They'll
be back next time. We'll really
have to do this more often — like
every week next year!
continued from page 2
not be given unless the students
are ready to accept it. But the
first move lies with the adminis-tration.
I ask them to consider
what I have said carefully.
Sincerely,
Paul Berry
Senators
blast letter
Dear Editor:
We come to you as concerned
students and equally concerned
Student Senate members. Two
weeks ago an editorial was
submitted which questioned Sen-ate's
means of executing legisla-tion
and also questioned Senate's
concern for those in need.
It disturbs us that we as
students must find ourselves so
isolated from the workings of the
Senate. Where's the gap in our
communication; the separation
between Senate and its constitu-ents?
Senate is often accused of
not keeping its student body fully
aware of the business at hand. Is
this is a result of Senate's own
ignorance?
As Senate members, we may
have somewhat subjective views,
but we do not find this problem to
be entirely our fault. Last year's
Senate appointed a committee
that was designed for the sole
purpose of public relations. The
PR committee may serve as a
great tool in developing better
relations in the future. Posted in
two places in our school are the
names, P.O.'s, and telephone
numbers of all your senators.
They are makin.g themselves
available to receive any corn-ments,
needs, or ideas that you
may have.
Posted in three places in our
school are the minutes from
Senate's weekly meetings and the
coming week's agenda. Every
Tuesday evening at 5:45 in the
A.C. lounge, Senate holds its
by Holly Schmiess
The only thing worse than not
being a graduating senior this
time of year is being an almost-graduating
senior. I speak on
behalf of all those fourth-year
students who, due to one of
several legitimate reasons, won't
"commence" until 1978 (provided
a cure for terminal senioritis is
soon discovered).
Several mid-stream catastro-phies
can abort the ideal four-year
fording we call a liberal arts
education, and delay for an extra
year the paradise of success and
security that awaits all graduates
on the opposite bank:
1. The Transfer. Some of us
heeded the call to Bethel only out
of the whale-bellies of other
schools. Quarter and semester
credits had to be juggled, and
despite the extraordinary talent of
Paul Reasoner in this area, a few
are inevitably dropped in the
process. (Now you know what
"balance courses" really means.
Don't feel bad, I always thought
weekly meeting. The meeting is
held in the A.C. lounge and all
students are encouraged to
come. The purpose of holding our
meetings in the A.C. lounge is
not because of the lack of a better
place, but rather to make it an
easily accessible place and a
comfortable atmosphere for you
as students to attend.
We assume that you as stu-dents
can find a means in voicing
your opinions. Through your
senators you have a say in every
bit of legislation that occurs in
Senate. Our job is to serve you.
Perhaps there were some corn-munication
problems that oc-curred
as a result of the "escrow
money controversy", but let's see
to it that it doesn't happen again.
As far as legislation of the escrow
money goes, perhaps it was
mishandled. Yet all those who
rebuked the Senate's ways of
handling it were somewhat unin-formed
with the decision in-volved.
We heartily applaud the
students who wrote the said
editorial, but we question wheth-er
their concerns are representa-tive
of the Bethel community as a
whole.
Recently Senate's Public Ac-tion
Committee (PAC) held a
Food Day convocation that was
designed to make us more aware
of our own body's needs and also
more aware of the needs of the
world around us. After the final
convocation, both students and
faculty were asked to fast for a
period of 24 hrs. A donation was
asked for which would go to dig a
well in Africa for those who don't
even have water.
The results give us a good
support in saying that the stu-dents
who wrote the said editorial
are not a good representation of
the Bethel community as a
whole. The fast brought a heap-ing
$89 which divides out to
approximately 5c per Bethelite. Is
that something to be proud of?
In the said editorial, it was
stated: ". . . we are appalled by
the Senate's inability to perceive
'needs' other than those of the
concern-oriented meant an inter-est
in Japanese missions.)
2. The Change in Concentra-tion.
This most common excuse
among fifth-year seniors is popu-lar
because of its multiple, if not
watered-down, meaning. It is a
noble name for a second semes-ter
junior's attention span shrink-ing
to the length of a Hogan's
Heroes episode, or an inordinate
shift in focus from the logistics
of "Marriage and the Family" to
its content. However, the bona-fide
meaning is a switch in one's
field of study, unfortunately a
later rather than sooner occur-rence
for the more sanguine
among us.
3. The Special Program. By
virtue of the special program
major's discriminating taste, the
courses he includes in his
contract obligate an enrollment
of terrific longevity. For example,
a non-standard concentration in
Calliope Repair may include a
course called "The Development
of the Mouth Organ in the
Rococo Period." This class may
Bethel community." This is obvi-ously
a good indication of
students who are unaware of the
role which their Senate is in-volved
in.
Perhaps those students do not
realize that the PAC committee is
a Senate related group. The
Public Action Committee is
geared to serving those outside
of the Bethel community. The
PAC committee is possibly one
of Bethel's greatest outreach
programs, because it serves the
immediate Bethel community,
the Arden Hills community, as
well as the entire world.
The PAC committee is very
active and is always hard at work.
Through things such as a cloth-ing
drive, a book drive, a bake
sale, a basketball marathon,
fasts, offerings and others, PAC
has raised almost $3000 for those
unperceived needs of others.
We get very disturbed with the
lack of involvement displayed by
our community as a whole. We
find it so easy to give away
money which we didn't have to
work for or spend our valuable
time making; but when asked to
really give of ourselves, we're
either too busy or broke.
Our dear Christian brothers and
sisters, on behalf of the Student
Senate we apologize for the
misunderstanding that occurred
through the "escrow controver-sy",
but we urge you to sincerely
become concerned to both instill
a confidence in your senators and
a true desire to meet the needs of
others.
Remember that giving is a
privilege as well as a duty. By not
giving we deny ourselves one of
the advantages of our affluence.
Freshmen Senators,
Scott Johnson
James Torgeson
Editor's note: The 'editorial' men-tioned
was rather a corporate
letter to the editor in the April 22
issue.
be offered the second half of
every other spring semester, only
during leap year, on request of at
least 38 students of Moravian
descent, having passed three of
Dr. C. Howard Smith's music
history exams. Needless to say,
the Big Bang theory of evolution
has better odds than such a
course happening within a four-year
tenure.
Being a victim of all the
above, I think I can issue a word
of comfort to this misunderstood
breed of senior. To my sadder-but-
wiser colleagues:
Don't be discouraged by the
flood of graduate-directed graffiti
you've been getting in your
P.O.'s. The placement bulletins
are just a reminder of the
dog-eat-dog world we can escape
from for yet another sheltered
year. So what if the firm across
the street from your apartment
has an opening for a graduate in
your field at a starting salary of
$15,000? Those two phy.ed.'s
you need to finish will be such a
continued on page 6
Senior laments being left behind
five
Art department head Stu Luckman reviews work with instructor Dave Johnson.
Metropolitan Opera
coming to Northrup
Corporate show opens
by Marlene Triggs
Spring means only one thing
for opera enthusiasts in Minnea-polis
and St. Paul, and that is the
arrival of the Metropolitan Opera
at the Northrup Auditorium. This
year, Metropolitan Opera Week is
May 16 to 21.
The Metropolitan Opera is in its
33rd season in the Twin Cities
having first performed here in
1945. It is sponsored by the
University of Minnesota, The
Minnesota Orchestral Associa-tion,
and an Upper Midwest
Committee of Sponsors and
Guarantors.
This season's repertoire in-clude
the following: Samson and
Delilah by Camille Saint-Saens,
Lohengrin by Richard Wagner, Le
Prophete by Giacomo Meyerbeer,
La Boheme by Giacomo Puccini,
Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, The
Magic Flute by Wolfgang Amad-eus
Mozart, and II Trovatore by
Giuseppe Verdi. All performances
have been sold out except for
Samson and Delilah and Le
Prophete.
Camille Saint-Saens' life long
ambition was to have a success
in the opera house. Though he
wrote over a dozen operas, only
Samson and Delilah achieved
recognition and glory. Samson
and Delilah is the tragic drama of
a powerful conqueror who falls to
ruin at the hands of a bewitching
temptress. Samson is played by
Guy Chauvet and Delilah is
continued from page 5
growing experience.
About the cap and gown size
request. You may submit yours a
year early, but make sure you add
at least an inch to your present
head measurement. You also risk
announcing your status in case
next year's class chooses a
different color. By way of encour-agement,
I understand that all
gown rentals include a compli-mentary
bottle of Grecian Formu-la
for any tell-tale signs. For
those who finish at Christmas
and must come back for a spring
commencement, a map of the
school's lay-out and office loca-tions
will be provided.
Think positively. Aren't you
glad we are exempt from all those
rigorous senior class meetings?
And just think, we get to register
first as many as four times!
Probably the worst blow is
abandonment by all our senior
friends, right? It's not too late to
allay this threat. The week before
finals, pretend that you're having
a nervous breakdown and insist
that he or she give you intensive
personal counseling and round-the-
clock companionship. As
you're cleaning the apartment,
mistake his or her 30-page senior
paper for an obsolete issue of The
Standard.
If these measures fail, be sure
and go to commencement. The
experienced Linda Herrmann,
who saw no less than three sets
of colleagues swing tassles,
likens graduation ceremonies to
funerals when psychologically
coping with the loss of loved
ones.
played by Fiorenza Cossotto.
This opera has not been produced
in the Twin Cities in nineteen
years and is the opening night
performance.
Le Prophete is taken from the
life of John of Leyden, the leader
in a Dutch Anabaptist revolt. In
the story, John agrees to lead the
Anabaptist uprising after he has
been denied permission to marry
Bertha, the woman he loves.
John comes to be known as the
Prophet.
Through a series of misunder-standings,
Bertha believes that
John is dead and that the Prophet
is responsible for his death. She
vows to revenge the death of her
lover. However when she finds
out that John and the Prophet are
the same person, she stabs
herself.
The Opera ends with John no
longer wanting to live. He dies in
the flames of the palace, set
ablaze by the enemy. John is
played by James McCracken and
Bertha is played by Rita Shane.
However, the central figure of the
opera is really John's mother,
Fides. Fides is played by Marilyn
Horne.
Tickets are still available for
these two grand operas, Samson
and Delilah and Le Prophet.
Tickets can be obtained by
calling Northrop Auditorium. The
number is 373-2345. Ticket prices
range from $6.50 to $21. Don't
miss the Upper Midwest's major
cultural event of the year.
Finally, be of good cheer. I
know Proverbs says, "Hope de-ferred
maketh the heart sick." But
the trials we've endured and the
testings still ahead of us in our
extended sojourn here . . . will
make us a whale of a lot gladder
to get out!
by Shelly Nielsen
Despite hints of controversy,
the one senior art show will begin
May 2 and run for a total of four
weeks. This is a change from the
usual two shows, each two weeks
long. The change was decided
upon by the art department.
According to the department
chairman, Stuart Luckman, the
decision to alter the usual art
show format was arrived at after
considering the advantages and
disadvantages of both types of
shows. There was concern over
the fact that more seniors wanted
their work displayed in the
second show, which coincided
with graduation. The four week
exhibition would insure each
senior of having his art work
displayed during the graduation
festivities. The time factor, Mr.
Luckman asserted, also had
much to do with their decision to
combine the two shows. Two
weeks is not as ideal a length to
exhibit art work as four.
The art department feels this
year's will be an excellent show.
Mr. Luckman is aware the exhibi-tion
may be crowded. In past
shows only four or five art majors
displayed their work for a two
week period, so this is a new
problem for the department. Still,
the professors of art are hopeful
that this will be a good exhibi-tion.
Mr. Luckman reported that
he has found that the "better the
show, the greater the satisfaction
of participants in the show," and
is confident this change will
result in a "better exhibition."
Interviews with a cross-section
of the senior art majors involved
show not everyone is of this same
opinion.
One senior, Delinda Robinson,
stated, "I think it's a disappoint-ment."
Her words echo those of
many art majors who have had to
cut down the number of pieces
they will able to display and who
anticipate the overcrowding of
the exhibition.
Randy Bloom appreciated the
way the two week shows allowed
the art student to "display his
work as a whole." Since the
gallery is limited in space, art
majors are restricted to display-ing
only four pieces each Bloom
felt that the new format does not
as well allow showing "what
you've specialized in."
Some had mixed feelings. Guy
Chase said there were "good
things and bad things" about the
four week exhibition. He assents
that crowding will be a problem,
but also stated that "most people
think of it as their own personal
show." He feels that the upcom-ing
exhibition will be more of a
group project. "Everyone puts
something in," he declared.
Since "the idea is to have a good
show," each art major putting in
his best work is of benefit for the
display as a whole.
The feelings of most art
students are, however, not bitter.
Delinda Robinson concedes that
it is far more preferable to have
"one good show instead of two
mediocre." Bryan Anderson jok-ingly
concludes that the new
show format means less work,
and Martha Barker admitted that
she was "not upset."
At any rate, the new month-long
show will run non-stop from
May 2nd until the 22nd. Four year
concentrators in art have not
been required to participate in
this Art Gallery presentation as
they would have been during the
60's. The art department looks
forward to, possibly, the year
after next when a change to bring
about this transformation in
curriculum can be made. These
alterations add to the new format
Bethel art students will be
contending with the in the
coming years.
Chapel Schedule
Monday
Sing and Share
Tuesday
S.M.P. Commissioning
Wednesday
Dr. Lundquist
Thursday
Faculty Recognition/Senior
Tribute
Friday
Pastor Spickelmier
Arts Calender
Visual Arts
May 6-22 Senior Art Show, Bethel College Gallery
May 6-17 Nelson Brown, drawings, Stevens Gallery, 2615
Stevens Ave. So., Mpls.
May 13-June 13 Dragon Exhibition, art on the mythical creature,
University Gallery, 110 Northrup Auditorium
Theatre
May 10, 11, 16, Studio Series, Poetry, Performance Art, Thea-
17, 18 tre-In-The-Round, 8 p.m.
May 6, 12, 13, 20, "Death of a Salesman", Chimera Theatre, 8 p.m.
21,28,29
May 6-7, 12-14 "Once Upon a Mattress", Theatre 1900, 8 p.m.
May 9, 11 One Act Plays, Bethel Experimental Theatre,
8 p.m.
Music
May 6 Spring Music Festival, Bethel's Male Chorus,
Women's Choir, and Orchestra, Gym, 8 p.m.
May 6 Spring Concert, Minnesota Chorale; Beethoven,
Bernstein, Britten; O'Shaughnessy 8 p.m.
May 8 Choir Concert, Berlioz Te Deum, Mozart Credo
Mass; Central Lutheran Church 4 p.m.
May 12 Henry Charles Smith, concert; trombonist;
Northwestern College 7:30 p.m.
May 11 Sharon Isbin, classical guitar, Aaron Skitri,
lutist; Walker Arts Center 8 p.m.
Dance
May 10 Guthrie/Rotante Dance Co.; Walker Arts
• Center 8 p.m.
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Curt Oslin throws another strike en route to a 6-2 victory over Westmar College last Saturday
Fielding, injuries
hamper softballers
by Gayle Trollinger
Softball and spring go together
but the women's softball team is
having a difficult time making the
combination a winning one. Poor
fielding and injuries have hin-dered
the players during the past
week and four team members are
trying to fight back and gain
some confidence.
Saturday, April 30, the team
faced the powerful St. Olaf team
and was soundly defeated. Fol-lowing
the game the Royals
played Carlton and were defeated
once more. At this point the
team'st, record was 2-10.
Catcher Ruth Moser and Janet
Reynolds at first base were both
injured during the disastrous
day's play. Moser suffered a
sprained ankle and twisted knee.
Reynolds received leg injuries
severe enough to warrant a cast.
Sheree Hook filled Moser's
place and Jackie Dill took over
first base on Monday as the team
met St. Mary's. Other fielding
changes included a switch be-tween
short stop and center field.
Vicki Wright took the infield
while Cindi Ramm moved to the
outfield. Janet Reynolds feels
that the change between short
stop and center field "really
helped play a lot."
With Cindy Martin pitching,
Bethel won the St. Mary's game.
Sheree Hook aided the team with
a solidly hit grand-slam homerun.
The final score was 12-7: upping
Bethel's record to 3-10.
The team is quite inexperi-enced
and has committed quite a
few fielding errors throughout the
season. However, Reynolds is
optimistic about its future. "I
think we're finally picking it up —
the win over St. Mary's has
helped the team's outlook a lot."
Tomorrow Bethel will play in
the state tournament at the
University in potentially tough
competition. May 9 and 11 the
team will play home games (at
Perry field).
Hopefully the St. Mary's win
will be a sufficient enough force
to keep the team winning.
Warnings issued to students on
questionable insurance policies
Treating sex offenders
studied by Tom Correll
by Dan Erickson
Spring is here. Spring means
flowers, birds, long evening
walks and . . . insurance. The
coming of the insurance sales-man
in springtime is a traditional
event. They, even more reliably
than the faithful groundhog,
signal the end of snow.
The March issue of Consumer
Reports warns of some of the
problems that insurance and their
salesmen bring with them in an
article entitled "Campus Life
Insurance: At Best a Delusion, At
Worst a Snare."
They found that most policies
aimed at the college market fail in
many respects; 1) They're not
needed. The need for insurance is
created by economic dependen-cy;
a wife, kids, goldfish, etc.
2) They're too small. The
typical policy sold to a college
student is $10,000. It sounds like
alot, but if a student really needs
insurance he probably needs
much more.
3) They're the wrong type.
There are basically two types of
insurance; term and whole life.
Term covers accidents now.
Whole life tries to cover accidents
now and also to provide for
retirement and other types of
benefits, but doesn't always do it
efficiently. Companies make
more money from whole life.
Companies end up pushing small
whole life packages that leave
people under-insured.
They're too costly. All campus
insurance policies checked by
Consumer Report were more
expensive than at least half of the
policies sold in the country.
The article warned specifically
about Fidelity Union Insurance
Company. They sell one in twenty
insurance policies in colleges
across the country.
Their College Master Plan
contains variety of gimmicks that
makes it difficult to compute, but
which Consumer Reports regards
as questionable to say the least.
At least a few students here have
been approached by insurance
representatives selling the Col-lege
Master Plan.
Mac Nettleton emphasized that
the gobd insurance salesman
tries to touch people at critical
times in their lives; when you get
married, when you have your first
child, when you graduate. This is
when you are most vulnerable.
Dr. Nettleon goes on to say,
"We wish that we could help
protect the student from possible
problems. But unfortunately
that's impossible. The best rule
of thumb is to be alert to any hard
sell. Any good, reputable deal
will wait. Get a second opinion. A
good salesman knows that 90
percent of the time he has to
close the deal right then. He'll put
the pressure on.
Wally Johnson, biology profes-sor
agreed. "In college I was
pretty dumb about such things,
and almost got caught a couple
of times. An insurance man or a
business man at your church
might be a good person to talk to
for a good second opinion."
Obviously this is a very sim-plistic
discussion of a very
complicated and many faceted
subject. This should only be a
starting point. We urge everyone
considering insurance to read the
article in Consumer Reports, and
draw his own conclusions.
As Wally Johnson says, "It is
important that you know what
you are doing. It is important that
you don't get yourself into
something that you can't get
yourself out of."
by Raymond Stockwell
Sabbatical leave is a time when
I envision professors basking in
the sun of warm tropical islands,
or busily engaging in academic
research. Imagine, if you will, the
surprise I had when Dr. Thomas
Correll, chairman of our depart-ment
of anthropology, greeted
me at his daughter's wedding this
fall. There he was all pale and
preoccupied with his thoughts.
At first I assumed it was disbelief
in his daughter's judgment. Later
I learned the truth.
Tom, as his students and
friends call him, had been, and
still is, working for an organiza-tion
known as Correctional Ser-vice
of Minnesota. Richard Erick-son,
director of that agency and a
part-time professor at Bethel,
explained to me how Tom had
come to work for him. Professor
Erickson's director of research
had recently left his employ. Tom
seemed to fit the qualifications
needed and was hired to replace
him.
What qualifies a man to do
research related to the "organiza-tional
and rehabilitation model,
design and development, for the
treatment of sex offenders" is a
question which still eludes me. I
do know, however, that Tom is
qualified in the eyes of Dick
Erickson, for that is exactly what
Tom has been doing.
Tom is by no means the only
one engaged in the research.
Cordeila Kent, an expert in the
field of sexual attitudinal read-justment
is his number-one re-search
assistant. Cathy Gregory,
a former Macalester student, is in
a similar position. Diane Carpen-ter,
a senior at Bethel, is
presently working for Tom as a
"research intern."
In order to evaluate the re-search
data that is accumulating,
a task force of over 50 members
has been formed. These men and
women represent many areas of
interest, both from Minnesota
and other states. Members of this
force include police personnel,
medical doctors, academicians,
therapists, judges, county attor-neys,
as well as sex crimes
victims and offenders.
The two grants which fund this
project, one from the Law En-forcement
Assistance Adminis-tration
of the Department of
Justice, and the other from the
Department of Corrections of the
State of Minnesota, are sched-uled
to terminate in August of
1977. By then Dr. Correll, and his
various assistants, should have a
design model for the treatment of
sexual crime offenders in the
state of Minnesota. Tom will then
return to Bethel full-time.
When he returns, Tom will
bring with him a renewed feeling
of accomplishment. This has al-ready
been demonstrated by the
content of the two courses he has
taught at Bethel this year. During
interim of this year Dr. Correll
taught a course entitled, "Anti-
Social Sexual Behavior; Victim
and Offender: A Cross-Cultural
Approach."
This course was an ". . .
attempt to think through the
subject (deviate sexual behavior)
with a group of students," Tom
explained. The other course he
has taught is Science, Man and
Knowledge (S.M.A.K.) which was
offered this spring semester. This
course involves what Tom terms,
". . . Doing anthropology . . .".
As can be easily understood
when one knows Tom, he does
practice what he preaches. He
claims that he has been "doing"
anthropology all year long.
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without the help of the softball
Traveling tennis team
dominates Tri-State
Trackmen take
has found it necessary to travel third in relays
with his books. In fact, Jim
brought his organic chemistry
onto the court when he played his
by Carol Madison
The regular season of the
women's track team has officially
ended, but many of the team
members were able to compete
one last time. The state track
meet, held at the University of
Minnesota on May 2, provided
this last chance for competition.
The track team was overall
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singles match at Dordt College.
Steve Brown and Dave Freder-icks
have played doubles togeth-er
for most of the season.
However, Steve has had trouble
staying serious when teamed
with Dave. The two lefties have an
exceptionally good time during
their matches and play well
together.
In reflecting on his four years
of Bethel tennis, Bill DeVoe said,
"I appreciate the friendship and
the fellowship with the guys on
the team. I've really gotten to
know them well."
Mark Norlander's tennis exper-ience
has taught him some things
about winning and losing. "Be-cause
winning was not my top
priority, I benefited a lot more
from both winning and losing. My
priorities were doing my best,
enjoying the game, and trying to
keep a `Christ-like' attitude."
This year the tennis team has
lost quite a few non-conference
matches to schools such as
Gustavus, St. Thomas, the Uni-versity
of Wisconsin at LaCrosse
and River Falls, and Concorida-
Moorehead. Some of these loss-es
have been to schools in the
Minnesota Intercollegiate Athle-tic
Conference (MIAC). This is
due to the quality level of tennis
in the MIAC, which is a step
above that of the Tri-State.
formance at state. They placed
thirteenth out of twenty teams,
with the competition this year
much stiffer than before.
Two Bethel records were brok-en
in two of the events at the
meet. Denise Egge did her
personal best in the mile with a
time of 5:21, which was good
enough for seventh place. She
cut seven seconds off the previ-ous
Bethel record. The two-mile
relay team of Shari Reasoner,
Gail Anderson, Denise Egge and
Jenny Kimball placed an impres-sive
fourth with a time of 9:51.
This bettered the old record by
seventeen seconds.
Personal bests also came from
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will join the MIAC and play
regularly in that conference. This
is bound to improve tennis at
Bethel, but a yearly conference
championship in the MIAC is not
something that can be realistical-ly
expected.
Debbie Anderson in the 440 yard
dash at 1:08.7, and Cathy Duehn
and Cheryl Meyer in the 400 meter
hurdles at 1:13.9 and 1:14,
respectively. Cheryl Staurseth ran
the 100 meter hurdles in the 17.5,
which was good enough to take
her to the semi-finals.
Others who represented Bethel
in their events were Carol Ander-son,
Jan Engel, Debbie Gros-klags,
Pam Nelson and Cindy
Bartels.
Prior to the state track meet,
people in four events had already
qualified for the Regional meet
on May 13 and 14 in Kansas.
Qualification is based on set
levels of achievement which must
be reached at a meet either during
the regular season or at state.
Only the two mile relay team has
elected to compete at the re-gional
level. Either Bobbi Hersch
or Jenny Kimball will run, de-pending
on the condition of
Bobbi's injury at the time of the
meet.
Others who qualified for the
region, but chose not to corn-pete
in their events, include Carol
Anderson, Jan Engel, and Bobbi
Hersch.
The regular season of the track
team was quite successful. Beth-el
was rated second in the state
among small colleges. The entire
team worked hard and had a great
attitude, so with the loss of only
two seniors, Shari Reasoner and
Debbie Gosklags, next year's
team should experience contin-ued
success.
by Greg Kuntz
It was a beautiful day Saturday
and the Bethel men's track team
had no less than a beautiful
performance in the 11th annual
Bethel-Macalester Relays at the
Macalester track. Bethel finished
a strong third in the nine team
meet setting records in every
relay event except the 440 and
shuttle, and set a few infield
events.
The mile relay team of Nate
Allen, Grayden Held, Kevin
Schenk, and Gene Blair shattered
the school and meet record with a
3:20.82 performance, and won
the event dramatically as Blair
overtook the Concordia runner
inside the last 20 to 30 yards of
the race. He broke the tape in
triumph in the most exciting race
of the meet.
"We prayed before the race and
I knew I could do it. It was the last
race and I gave it all I had," said
Blair.
The record-breaking antics
continued as the 880 relay team
of Allen, Blair, Schenk, and Mike
Bogard set a new meet and
school record of 1:29.96 and
came in first.
The sprint medley team of
Bogard, Schenk, Blair, and Dave
Clapp tied the meet and school
record of 3:29.5 and won the
race.
Bill Whittaker and David John-son
finished fifth in the javelin
and combined for 327'7" to set a
new school javelin relay record.
Dan Hogan and Jon Van Loon
combined for 83'3" in the triple
jump, set a new school relay
record, and captured third.
The school two-mile relay
record was set at 7:54.73 by
Clapp, Curt Brown, Jim Timp and
Larry Caldwell, breaking the old
mark of 7:57.5. They finished
second in the event behind St.
Olaf. Brown fell as he passed the
baton to Clapp to end his split of
the race. He said, "It wasn't bad. I
wanted to keep from running into
Dave."
The 440 relay team came in
second in 43.5, the distance
medley team finished third in
10:17.55, and the shuttle hurdle
relay team took fourth in 50.39.
Top individual scorer Nate
Allen won the preliminary 100-
yard dash in 10.00 seconds flat,
and then went on to take second
in the finals with 10.03, behind
Gustavus' speedy John Okon,
who broke 10.0.
Jon Van Loon and Rick Knopf
leaped 5'10" and 6'2" to combine
for fourth place in the high jump.
Steve Carrigan and Van Loon
combined to capture sixth in the
shot put. Carrigan had an individ-ual
put of 46'10 1/2". "I've done
better in practice, but I got
tense," said Carrigan.
Paul Rasmussen cleared 12'6"
in the pole vault and took sixth.
"We really did well," said
Coach Gene Glader. "We need a
little more depth in the hurdles
and field events, but it was a very
satisfying meet."
In the event's 11-year history,
Bethel won it in its first year of
existence (1966), and came in
second in 1967 and 1972, but this
was the first year that nine teams
participated.
Final team scores and places
were as follows: (1) St. John's,
108 (2) Concordia (Moorehead),
91, (3) Bethel, 82, (4) St. Olaf,
77, (5) Hamline, 68, (6) St. Tho-mas,
68, (7) Gustavus, 45, (8)
Carleton, 11, (9) Macalester, 3.
Tomorrow the Bethel trackmen
return to Macalester for a multi-team
invitational meet, which
begins at 1 p.m.
by Peter Nelson
Bethel's tennis team has domi-nated
the Tri-State Conference in
the past, and is doing the
same this year. They have not
lost a conference match all
season and are expected to be the
Tri-State champs again.
The team consists of about
fifteen players, but only six play
in the varsity matches. The top
six are Bill DeVoe, Steve Brown,
Mark "North" Norlander, Dave
Fredericks, Peter Nelson, and
Jim "Doc" Grant, respectively.
DeVoe is a senior, Norlander and
Grant are sophomores, and
Brown, Fredericks and Nelson
are all freshmen. Junior Greg
Addington and freshman Dan
Runion are reserve players who
have seen action on and off
throughout the season. Paul
Reasoner, a former Bethel tennis
star, coaches the team.
When Mark Norlander was
asked to name one of the
highlights of the team's road
trips, he said, "For the first time
ever, I was able to understand
Jim's southern drawl."
Because of Jim Grant's deep
- devotion to his pre-med major, he
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